Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Aurora

AURORA, a city in Kane co., Ill., on the Fox river, and the Chicago and Northwestern, the Burlington Route, and other railroads; 38 miles W. of Chicago. It contains several locomotive, car, and railroad repair shops; large cotton and woolen mills; watch and carriage factories; smelting and silver plating works; stove and machine works; and other industries. It is the farming and manufacturing center for Kane and adjoining counties. It has churches, State hospital, Aurora College, electric light and street railway plants, water works, National banks, and daily and weekly newspapers. Pop. (1910) 29,807; (1920) 36,265.