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Aurora is a city in Wise County,
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, United States. The population was 1,390 in 2020.


Geography

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


Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,390 people, 420 households, and 356 families residing in the city.


Education

The Town of Aurora is served by the Northwest Independent School District. * Seven Hills Elementary (K–5) * Chisholm Trail Middle School (6–8) * Northwest High School (9–12)


UFO incident

Aurora is 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), the cemetery association has refused all requests to exhume the alien's purported gravesite.


References


Sources

* Robert Wooster:


Further reading

* Reed, S. G. (1941) ''A History of the Texas Railroads'', St. Clair, Houston; rpt. (1981) Arno, New York * WPA Federal Writers' Project (1939) ''Port Arthur'', Anson Jones Press, Houston
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