AURORA, a village of Cayuga county, N.Y., U.S.A., on Cayuga lake, 16m. south-west of Auburn, 26m. north of Ithaca. It is served by the Lehigh Valley railroad. It is beautifully situated in the heart of the Finger Lakes district. Its permanent population, which is stationary, was 389 in 1930 (Federal census). It is, however, the seat of Wells college, a non-sectarian college for women, founded in 1868 by Henry Wells (18o5-78) . It has an annual enrolment of about 25o, and its endowment amounted to $1,276,387 in 1927. Aurora was settled in 1789, chiefly from New England, and was incorporated in 1905.