Aurora, Texas
Template:About Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Aurora is a city<ref>Census Bureau status changes Template:Webarchive</ref> in Wise County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,390 in 2020.<ref name=":0" />
Geography
[edit]According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of Template:Convert, all land.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Demographics
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| Race | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| White (NH) | 951 | 68.42% |
| Black or African American (NH) | 10 | 0.72% |
| Native American or Alaska Native (NH) | 15 | 1.08% |
| Asian (NH) | 9 | 0.65% |
| Some Other Race (NH) | 1 | 0.07% |
| Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) | 78 | 5.61% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 326 | 23.45% |
| Total | 1,390 |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,390 people, 420 households, and 356 families residing in the city.
Education
[edit]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
[edit]Template:Main 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.<ref>"A Town in Texas Ponders Mystery of 1897 Spaceman", The New York Times, February 26, 1979, p. A14</ref> Although the town has embraced the legend to a point (the city's website mentions the legend),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the cemetery association has refused all requests to exhume the alien's purported gravesite.
References
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Sources
[edit]- Robert Wooster: Template:Handbook of Texas
Further reading
[edit]- 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
- DNAlien, A novel by Jim West (2007).