Aurora, Colorado

In 1891 the city of Aurora  was founded by the name of Fletcher, Colorado. However, in 1907 the city name was changed to Aurora.  The city motto is "Gateway to the Rockies".  There are around 310,000 residents in the 144 square miles of city area.  Aurora adjoins with Denver's eastern boundary. 

Aurora is a Home Rule Municipality spanning Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas Counties in Colorado. The city is the third most populous city in the State of Colorado and the 61st most populous city in the United States. The population was 276,393 at the 2000 census, with an estimated population of 297,835 in 2005.^[5] The city and its western neighbor are the principal cities of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in 2007 had an estimated population of 2,464,866. (22nd most populous MSA),^[6] the estimated population of the Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area was 2,998,878 (15th most populous CSA).^[6][7]\