Aurora – Populated Place in Etowah, Alabama

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 157881

Location

State Alabama

County Etowah

Feature Class Populated Place

Coordinates

DMS

34°07'00"N 86°11'33"W

Decimal Degrees

34.1167625, -86.192477

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Howelton

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Mays

1.3 mi SSE

Also Known As

Aurora Valley Church

Hydrography

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Description

Located in sec 35,T10S,R4E, Huntsville Meridian

History

Post office in operation 1836 to 1905.

Nearby Features

Wade Creek Stream · 0.6 mi SSW
Gregory Gap Gap · 0.8 mi S
Aurora Lake Reservoir · 0.9 mi ENE
Armstrong Creek Stream · 1.3 mi SSE
Mays Populated Place · 1.3 mi SSE
Greer (historical) Populated Place · 1.6 mi NNE
Aurora Lake Reservoir · 1.7 mi ENE
Shady Grove Populated Place · 2.0 mi E
Aurora Mountain Summit · 2.1 mi NNE
Jordan Gap Gap · 2.4 mi N

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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