Aurora

Aurora, an enterprising city of the United States, in Kane county, Illinois, is located on Fox River, at the junction of several railroads, 39 miles WSW. of Chicago. It has machine-shops, flour-mills, manufactures of woollens, cottons, watches, corsets, silver ware, carriages, and extensive railroad workshops. Pop. (1860) 6011; (1880) 11,873; (1890) 19,688.—AURORA is also the name of a village in Indiana, on the Ohio, 24 miles W. by S. of Cincinnati. Pop. (1880) 4435; (1890) 3928.