Aurora | |
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Nicknames: The Gateway to the Rockies The Sunrise of Colorado | |
Location of Aurora in the United States | |
Coordinates: 39°42′39″N 104°48′45″W / 39.71083°N 104.81250°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
Counties | Arapahoe[1] Adams Douglas |
Platted | 1891 as Fletcher, Colorado |
Incorporated (town) | May 5, 1903, as the Town of Fletcher[2] |
Incorporated (city) | March 9, 1928 as the City of Aurora[3] |
Government | |
• Type | Home rule municipality[1] |
• Mayor | Mike Coffman (R) (Since December 2, 2019)[citation needed] |
• City Manager | Jason Batchelor[citation needed] |
Area | |
• Total | 423.691 km2 (163.588 sq mi) |
• Land | 422.191 km2 (163.009 sq mi) |
• Water | 1.500 km2 (0.579 sq mi) |
• Rank | 2nd in Colorado 54th in the United States |
Elevation | 1,694 m (5,558 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 386,261 |
• Rank | 3rd in Colorado 52nd in the United States |
• Density | 931/km2 (2,412/sq mi) |
Demonyms | Auroran |
Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
ZIP codes | |
Area codes | Both 303 and 720 |
FIPS code | 08-04000 |
GNIS feature ID | 2409757[5] |
Website | auroragov.org |
Aurora (/əˈroʊrə/, /əˈrɔːrə/) is a home rule municipality 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.[6] Aurora is the third-most-populous city in the State of Colorado and the 52nd-most-populous city in the United States. Aurora is a principal city of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and a major city of the Front Range Urban Corridor.