Aurora is a city in Wise County,

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, United States. The population was 1,390 in 2020.

Geography

Aurora is located at (33.055942, –97.509615). According to the

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, the town has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the

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, there were 1,390 people, 420 households, and 356 families residing in the city.

Education

The Town of Aurora is served by the

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. * Seven Hills Elementary (K–5) * Chisholm Trail Middle School (6–8) * Northwest High School (9–12)

UFO incident

Aurora is best known for a purported UFO crash in April 1897, and the ongoing legend that the UFO's pilot is supposedly buried in the local cemetery. Although the town has embraced the legend to a point (the city's website mentions the legend, and even features an alien on the initial page), the cemetery association has refused all requests to exhume the alien's purported gravesite.

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