Aurora, Nevada

	Aurora
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Aurora, circa 1934
Nearest city	Hawthorne, Nevada
Coordinates	38°17′21″N 118°53′57″W / 38.28917°N 118.89917°W
Built	1860
NRHP reference No.	74001147
Added to NRHP	July 30, 1974

Aurora is a ghost town in Mineral County in the west central part of the US state of Nevada, approximately 22 mi (35 km) southwest of the town of Hawthorne, three miles from the California border.

Today the townsite is much diminished, having been damaged by vandals. After World War II many of the buildings were razed for their brick.^[2]

The road to Aurora was once difficult to navigate except via four-wheel drive, as the winter snows and spring run-off damaged the road in the canyon leading to the town.^{[citation needed]} In recent years the operations of a nearby mine have improved the road so that even non-4WD vehicles can reach the town site.^{[citation needed]}

^ "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
^ Wieprecht, W. E. "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Aurora". Retrieved September 10, 2011.

[focus-1] "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved September 17, 2011.

[wieprecht-2] Wieprecht, W. E. "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Aurora". Retrieved September 10, 2011.

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