Aurora, Cayuga County, New York

Aurora, New York
Village
Aerial view of Aurora from south by southwest, 2013. The village is along the straight stretch of the Cayuga Lake shore just above lower right of photo.
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Coordinates: 42°44′48″N 76°41′58″W / 42.74667°N 76.69944°W / 42.74667; -76.69944
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Cayuga County
Town	Ledyard
Established	1795
Incorporated (village)	1837
Area [1]
• Total	0.92 sq mi (2.38 km2)
• Land	0.92 sq mi (2.38 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	411 ft (125 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	607
• Density	660.50/sq mi (255.00/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	13026
FIPS code	36-03188
Website	auroranewyork.us

Aurora, or Aurora-on-Cayuga, is a village and college town in the town of Ledyard, Cayuga County, New York, United States, on the shore of Cayuga Lake. The village had a population of 724 at the 2010 census.^[2]

Wells College, an institution of higher education for women founded by Henry Wells in 1868, was located in Aurora. It became coeducational in 2005, and closed in 2024.

In 1980, its Aurora Village-Wells College Historic District, with more than 50 contributing properties, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. From 2001 to 2007, redevelopment of historic properties in the village by entrepreneur Pleasant Rowland and the Aurora Foundation earned compliments, as well as provoking citizen concern, a lawsuit joined by state and national preservation organizations, and national media attention.