Aurora is a city in Lawrence County, Missouri, United States.

[4] Their descendants include actor Brad Pitt and novelist and national security analyst Raelynn Hillhouse.

[6] Galena ore was discovered in 1885 while digging a well on the farm of Thomas D. Liles in November, marking the beginning of Aurora as a mining town.

The zinc from the Aurora mines was of exceptional purity and high grade.

The train master for the Missouri Pacific Railroad's White River division was headquartered in Aurora until the mid-1950s.

From 1911 to 1920, the virulently anti-Catholic newspaper The Menace was published in Aurora by W. F. Phelps and Earl McClure.

In 1914, it achieved a national circulation of over one million, according to the March 1932 issue of American Mercury.

The Lewis Shaw Coleman House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.

28.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

29.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The Jerry Sumners Sr. Aurora Municipal Airport is located two nautical miles (2.3 mi; 3.7 km) southeast of Aurora's central business district.