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Aurora is a city in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb of Cleveland and Akron, Ohio, and is co-extensive with, and formed from, the former township of Aurora, which was formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve. It is part of the Akron metropolitan area. The population was 17,239 at the 2020 census. Aurora was designated a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation. Some say Aurora was the name of the daughter of Major Amos Spafford, while others believe the village was named after Aurora, the Roman goddess of dawn.
[edit] History
[edit] 1800s: Settlement and Early HistoryIn 1799, Ebenezer Sheldon, a former Revolutionary War soldier, would settle in Aurora and build a cabin on east pioneer trail. Shortly after, he would bring his family from Connecticut to live in the new settlement. In 1807 alone, 72 settlers came Aurora, and two years later, the first frame house was built. Most people in Aurora at the time lived along the three main roads; The Cleveland-Warren road, the Chillicothe-Turnpike, and the Old Mill road. At the intersection of the three roads, inns and stores were built for settlers and travelers in Aurora. By the mid-1800s, the Chillicothe road was lined with shops, hotels, taverns, and a school. In 1862, one of the first cheese factories, the Silver Creek Cheese Factory, was built by Frank and Elisha Hurd. In 1872, the Aurora Station would be constructed, and it became a major commercial area for the town.[1] By the end of the 1800s, there had been seven schools built, and the existing church in Aurora was also created. [edit] 1900sIn 1904, four million pounds of cheese was produced in Aurora cheese factories, making it the biggest cheese producer in the United States. One year later, Aurora's stone sidewalk was completed, stretching from Aurora Station to Town Center. In 1913, a flood destroyed the Silver Creek Factory. One of its creators, Frank Hurd, stayed in the cheese industry until 1921.[2] The Aurora cheese industry would be on decline from then on. In 1929, Aurora would become a village, with its first mayor being Lee Gould. Later, the remaining areas of the Aurora township would be annexed into the village. By 1970, Aurora had reached a population of almost six and a half thousand residents, and its population would grow by about two thousand in the next decade. In 1971, Aurora would become a city. [edit] Research TipsIncorporated 1928; merged with Aurora Township 1958
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