2017 Map of Aurora Center

About this map

Aurora Center serves as the focal point of this agricultural landscape in Truro Township, situated near the intersection of 266th St and 380th Ave. The map documents a classic South Dakota section-line road grid that organizes the terrain into tidy squares, occasionally interrupted by the winding path of E Fork Platte Cr. For genealogists and local historians, the sheet preserves the locations of two burial grounds: Aurora Center Cem and Quaker Cem, both situated east of the central settlement. The northern portion of the quadrangle is defined by a significant wetland and prairie pothole system, including the distinctive Horse Shoe Lake and the nearby Pleasant Lake. This network of seasonal water bodies and creeks illustrates the natural drainage patterns that have historically shaped land use and ranching boundaries throughout Aurora County.