THE AURORA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Valparaiso-Wheaton Morainal Complex setting.
Aurora city has 45.2 square miles of land in DuPage County, Kane County, Kendall County, Will County. Its Census reference point is in Valparaiso-Wheaton Morainal Complex, within Central Corn Belt Plains.
Glaciated plains historically supported tallgrass prairie mixed with oak and hickory woodland. Dark prairie soils and broad farming landscapes distinguish much of the Central Corn Belt.
Regional context: Central Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 4 county geographies.
Aurora intersects 4 county geographies: DuPage County, Kane County, Kendall County, Will County. A Aurora mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Aurora by land and water
The Census records 0.94 square miles of water within Aurora, or 2% of its total area. It is 2.1 percentage points lower than the 4.1% recorded for Illinois. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Aurora city has 1.3 times the land area of nearby Aurora township (34.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

