Aurora, Missouri, the Glossary
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60 relations: Area code 417, Arthur Barker, Aurora (mythology), Barker–Karpis Gang, Black Sox Scandal, Brad Pitt, Census, Central business district, Central Time Zone, Chicago White Sox, City, Don S. Davis, Federal Information Processing Standards, Frazier Glenn Miller Jr., Fred Barker, Galena, Geographic Names Information System, George Hammond (Stargate), Harvey Phillips, Indiana University Bloomington, Isaac V. McPherson, Jacobs School of Music, Jerry Sumners Sr. Aurora Municipal Airport, Johnny Lee Wilson case, Ku Klux Klan, Lawrence County, Missouri, Lefty Williams, Lewis Shaw Coleman House, List of counties in Missouri, List of sovereign states, Marriage, Missouri, Municipal corporation, National Register of Historic Places, Nevada, Missouri, North Carolina, Overland Park Jewish Community Center shooting, Per capita income, Plat, Population density, Poverty threshold, Public library, Race and ethnicity in the United States census, Raelynn Hillhouse, Rust Communications, Stargate SG-1, Tennessee, The American Mercury, The Menace (newspaper), Twin Peaks, ... Expand index (10 more) »
Area code 417
Area code 417 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the southwestern quadrant of Missouri, including the cities of Branson, Carl Junction, Carthage, Joplin, Lebanon, Neosho, Nixa, Ozark, Springfield, and West Plains.
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Arthur Barker
Arthur Raymond "Doc" Barker (June 4, 1899 – January 13, 1939) was an American criminal, the son of Ma Barker and a member of the Barker-Karpis gang, founded by his brother Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis.
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Aurora (mythology)
Aurōra is the Latin word for dawn, and the goddess of dawn in Roman mythology and Latin poetry.
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Barker–Karpis Gang
The Barker–Karpis Gang was one of the longest-lived criminal gangs during the Depression Era, spanning from 1931 to 1935.
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Black Sox Scandal
The Black Sox Scandal was a game-fixing scandal in Major League Baseball (MLB) in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of intentionally losing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for payment from a gambling syndicate, possibly led by organized crime figure Arnold Rothstein.
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Brad Pitt
William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer.
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Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating population information about the members of a given population.
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Central business district
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business center of a city.
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Central Time Zone
The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America and some Caribbean islands.
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Chicago White Sox
The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago.
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City
A city is a human settlement of a notable size.
Don S. Davis
Donald Sinclair Davis (August 4, 1942 – June 29, 2008) was an American character actor best known for playing General Hammond in the television series Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007), and earlier for playing Major Garland Briggs on the television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991).
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Federal Information Processing Standards
The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer situs of non-military United States government agencies and contractors.
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Frazier Glenn Miller Jr.
Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. (November 23, 1940 – May 3, 2021), commonly known as Glenn Miller or Frazier Glenn Cross, was an American domestic terrorist, murderer, and leader of the defunct North Carolina-based White Patriot Party (formerly known as the Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan) who was the perpetrator of the Overland Park Jewish Community Center shooting.
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Fred Barker
Frederick George Barker (December 12, 1901 – January 16, 1935) was an American criminal who, along with Alvin Karpis, co-founded the Barker-Karpis gang, which committed numerous robberies, murders and kidnappings during the 1930s.
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Galena
Galena, also called lead glance, is the natural mineral form of lead(II) sulfide (PbS).
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Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories; the associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau; and Antarctica.
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George Hammond (Stargate)
Lieutenant General George S. Hammond, USAF (Ret.) is a fictional character in the Stargate franchise.
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Harvey Phillips
Harvey Gene Phillips, Sr. (December 2, 1929 – October 20, 2010) was an American tuba player.
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Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, or simply Indiana) is a public research university in Bloomington, Indiana.
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Isaac V. McPherson
Isaac Vanburt McPherson (March 8, 1868 – October 31, 1931) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
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Jacobs School of Music
The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana, is a music conservatory established in 1921.
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Jerry Sumners Sr. Aurora Municipal Airport
Jerry Sumners Sr.
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Johnny Lee Wilson case
The Johnny Lee Wilson case refers to the murder of seventy-nine-year-old Pauline Martz of Aurora, Missouri in 1986 that resulted in the wrongful imprisonment of a twenty-year-old man named Johnny Lee Wilson.
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Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan, commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is the name of several historical and current American white supremacist, far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups.
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Lawrence County, Missouri
Lawrence County is located in the southwest portion of the U.S. state of Missouri, in the area of the Ozarks.
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Lefty Williams
Claude Preston "Lefty" Williams (March 9, 1893 – November 4, 1959) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball.
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Lewis Shaw Coleman House
The Lewis Shaw Coleman House is a historic house located at 227 East College Street in Aurora, Lawrence County, Missouri.
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List of counties in Missouri
There are 114 counties and one independent city in the U.S. State of Missouri.
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List of sovereign states
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.
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Marriage
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses.
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Missouri
Missouri is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
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Municipal corporation
Municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs.
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National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".
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Nevada, Missouri
Nevada is a city in and the county seat of Vernon County, Missouri, United States. Aurora, Missouri and Nevada, Missouri are cities in Missouri.
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North Carolina
North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
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Overland Park Jewish Community Center shooting
The Overland Park shootings were two shootings that occurred on April 13, 2014, at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City and Village Shalom, a Jewish retirement community, both located in Overland Park, Kansas United States.
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Per capita income
Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.
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Plat
In the United States, a plat (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land.
Population density
Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area.
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Poverty threshold
The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.
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Public library
A public library is a library, most often a lending library, that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes.
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Race and ethnicity in the United States census
In the United States census, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) define a set of self-identified categories of race and ethnicity chosen by residents, with which they most closely identify.
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Raelynn Hillhouse
Raelynn J. Hillhouse is an American national security and Intelligence community analyst, former smuggler during the Cold War, spy novelist and health care executive.
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Rust Communications
Rust Communications is an American privately owned media company based in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
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Stargate SG-1
Stargate SG-1 (often stylized in all caps, or abbreviated SG-1) is a military science fiction adventure television series within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's ''Stargate'' franchise.
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Tennessee
Tennessee, officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
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The American Mercury
The American Mercury was an American magazine published from 1924Staff (Dec. 31, 1923).
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The Menace (newspaper)
The Menace was a weekly newspaper published in Aurora, Missouri, that developed a circulation of 1.5 million nationwide with a virulently anti-Catholic editorial stance.
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Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks is an American mystery drama television series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch.
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U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.
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United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.
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United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.
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United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber.
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University of Missouri
The University of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri.
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White supremacy
White supremacy is the belief that white people are superior to those of other races and thus should dominate them.
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Zinc
Zinc is a chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30.
ZIP Code
A ZIP Code (an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan) is a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS).
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1917 World Series
The 1917 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1917 season.
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2020 United States census
The 2020 United States census was the 24th decennial United States census.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora,_Missouri
Also known as Aurora, MO, History of Aurora, Missouri, UN/LOCODE:USAUU.
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