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Aurora (/ ə ˈ r oʊ r ə /, / ə ˈ r ɔː r ə /) is a home rule city located in Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas counties, Colorado, United States. [1] The city's population was 386,261 at the 2020 United States census with 336,035 residing in Arapahoe County, 47,720 residing in Adams County, and 2,506 residing in Douglas County. [ 7 ]
1975 - Aurora Mall in business. [2] 1979 Aurora History Museum founded. [10] Marketplace Tower I office building constructed. 1981 - Aurora Genealogical Society founded. 1982 - Aurora Public Library Central building constructed. [8] 1984 - Bennett family murders [11] 1985 - City Historic Preservation Commission established. 1990 - Population ...
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As of the 2020 census, its population was 655,070, [1] making it the third-most populous county in Colorado. The county seat is Littleton, [3] and the most populous city is Aurora. The county was named for the Arapaho Native American tribe, who once lived in the region. [2] Arapahoe County is part of the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metropolitan ...
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The Gully Homestead is a former homestead located at 200 S. Chambers Road in Aurora, Colorado. Thomas Gully, his wife Temperance, and their four children came to Colorado in 1862. Thomas, an Irish immigrant, moved to the Colorado Territory to work in the mines, but decided to try his hand at farming shortly after.
In 1925, the Aurora Women's Club began raising money to finance the opening of Aurora's first public library. The grassroots effort led to the opening of the first branch of the Aurora Public Library in 1929. The Aurora City Council recognized the library in October of that year, and has supported the library since. [3]
Omar Montgomery, President of the Aurora chapter of the NAACP and director of educational opportunity programs at the University of Colorado Denver; Rennie Peterson, former Aurora City Council member from Ward 2 (2005–2017) [11] The candidates collectively raised more than $1 million in contributions. [12]