Editing North Aurora, Illinois (section)

== History ==
In its early history, North Aurora was known as "Schneider's Mill" or "Schneider's Crossing" after John Peter Schneider, a [[German Americans|German immigrant]] who established a mill and dam on the [[Fox River (Illinois River tributary)|Fox River]] after moving to the area in 1834.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://local.townsquarepublications.com/illinois/northaurora/main.html |title= North Aurora Introduction |website= Town Square Publications |date= 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=cpIAyAIWV64C |title=North Aurora: 1834–1940, Images of America |first1= Jim |last1= Edwards |first2= Wynette |last2= Edwards |publisher= Arcadia Publishing |year= 2006 |ISBN= 978-0-7385-4108-2}}</ref> Schneider Elementary School, on the east side of the Fox River, is named after him.

North Aurora was named due to its location north of [[Aurora, Illinois]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA108|year=1908|page=108}}</ref> The 1880 US Census was the first federal census to use the place-name "Village of North Aurora".<ref name=1880Census /> It was formally incorporated in 1905.<ref name=CAFR2015-16 />