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Aurora

Ghost town · Kenosha County, Wisconsin

Racine quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1892, 1:62,500)
Racine quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1892, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Aurora is a ghost town in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, recorded as neighborhood of Kenosha, Wisconsin. It is the only former community in Kenosha County recorded on the federal names register, out of 114 across Wisconsin.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Aurora as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 42.5822° N, 87.8850° W.

Key facts

Elevation729 ft
Nearest living townKenosha, WI
Distance to it0.4 miles
Coordinates42.58222, -87.88500

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What's there now

Aurora is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Kenosha, WI (population 99,147), about 0.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 729 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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