Aurora, NC

Aurora is a town in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States. The 2020 census counted 455 residents. The large Aurora phosphate mine is located just outside the town. Aurora is the home of the Aurora Fossil Museum, which houses specimens collected from the local PCS Phosphate Mine. The museum's collection includes a wide variety of marine fossils from the Pleistocene, Pliocene and Miocene epochs. The local schools are S. The through line in Aurora is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Aurora makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today.