Aurora was founded in 1875 by Ezra Houghton Curtis (1822-1915), the son of Enos Curtis and Ruth Franklin, and three other families along the banks of the Sevier River. Aurora is the birthplace of David E. Sorensen, mormon leader.
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| Aurora Town Line Mug | from $26 |
| Aurora Market Tote | $37 |
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From the Library of Congress collections: a historic survey drawing or photograph of the town
Aurora was founded in 1875 by Ezra Houghton Curtis (1822-1915), the son of Enos Curtis and Ruth Franklin, and three other families along the banks of the Sevier River. Three men came along and discovered the land. They went back to Provo and started to settle back in 1875, They settled on the bend of the Sevier River, and it had a bunch of Willow trees, so they chose the name Willowbend. The name was changed to Aurora due to the presence of the Northern Lights . It also changed because the colors reminded the Postmaster of the Roman Goddess of dawn. The city was moved west two to three miles along the Rocky Ford Canal to avoid the spring flooding accompanying life along the Sevier. This location also enabled significant cultivation of the foothills. Those families that settled in the region often left the comfortable surroundings of Northern Utah to settle in what one original resident described as a desolate region without a green tree in sight. Over time, however, settlers planted crops, and trees and utilized irrigation to create a very beautiful and livable community.
Nestled in the fertile Sevier Valley, Aurora slowly grew as more settlers moved west. While growth occurred more rapidly in the accompanying communities of Salina and Richfield, Aurora grew largely due to the settling of children of many of the large families in the city. Most current residents can track their lineage to one of the four founding families of the city.
Adapted (trimmed) from the Wikipedia article Aurora, Utah, revision 1373989752 by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Aurora's population was 984 in the 2020 U.S. Census, down from 1,016 in 2010.