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Aurora, city, Adams, Arapahoe, and Douglas counties, north-central Colorado, U.S. An eastern suburb of Denver, Aurora was the third most populous city in Colorado at the start of the 21st century. It was founded during the silver boom of 1891 and named Fletcher after its Canadian-born founder, Donald Fletcher, and it flourished as a mining centre until 1893, when a silver panic closed the mines. In 1902 Adams county was created from Arapahoe county, and the division line split the community, placing it in two counties; a portion of the present city also falls within Douglas county. Fletcher was renamed ...(100 of 235 words)

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