Aurora
A historical populated place in Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.
Location Record
Names and historical notes
Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.
GNIS description
site of mining camp, on Kenai Peninsula, on SE shore of Kachemak Bay, 28 mi. NE of Seldovia, Chugach Mts.
GNIS historical note
Established about 1900 this village received its name from a nearby coal mine. A post office was established here in 1902 and discontinued in 1904 (Ricks, 1965, p. 5). The place was probably abandoned before 1910.
Source editions and recorded citations
Feature ID 1893419. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.
GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.
- Text Orth, Donald J. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. Washington, DC: GPO, 1967. This work is an alphabetical list of the geographic names generally including feature descriptions and often name origin information that are now applied and have been applied to places and features in Alaska. GNIS Library.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.