Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana entries from:
G.W. Hawes’ Indiana Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1858 and 1859. Indianapolis : Geo. W. Hawes, 1858.
Digitized copy online at Internet Archive

AURORA,
A post city of Dearborn county, on the Ohio river, at the mouth of Hogan creek, twenty-six miles below Cincinnati and eighty-six miles south-east of Indianapolis. It was laid out in 1819, incorporated in 1848, and is surrounded by a rich farming region, which has been settled partly by emigrants from Germany. It is a place of considerable business, and exports large quantities of produce. It communicated daily with Cincinnati by the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad. It contains six or seven churches, thirty-six stores of various kinds, four hotels, pork-packing establishment, distilleries, planing mills, sash and blind factories, an Express office, Odd Fellows Hall, one Masonic lodge, insurance agencies, large cooperage, livery stables, &c. It has good schools, which are well attended. Population, 2,500.

• Adams Express Co., B. M. Bush, agent.
• Allen William, carpenter and joiner.
• Allen E. B., blacksmith.
• ANDREWS A., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCER AND INSURANCE AGENT.
• Beettner H., barber.
• Beerger Wm., gunsmith.
• Bess F. M., proprietor St. Charles Hotel.
• Bloom A., merchant tailor.
• Bond R. C., physician and surgeon.
• Burns F. A., boot and shoemaker.
• Bush B. M., Adams Express agent.
• Bush B. M., insurance agent.
• Campbell & York, saddle and harness-maker.
• Carbaugh J. H., attorney at law.
• CHAMBERS, STEVENS & CO., DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES, HARDWARE, BOOTS, SHOES, &c.
• Cheek George, dealer in pressed hay.
• City Brewery, L. Simondel, proprietor.
• City Flour Mill, M. Simondel, proprietor.
• CLARK MRS. A. P., POSTMISTRESS.
• Cobb John, coal dealer.
• COBB O. P. & CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS, PORK PACKERS, AND DEALERS IN HARDWARE, CUTLERY, IRON, STEEL, NAILS, SALT, &c. ALSO, AGENTS FOR ALL KINDS OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
• Cooper C. H. and A. J., watches and jewelry.
• CRANE A. G. & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF MACHINE-MADE FLOUR BARRELLS, FLOUR BARREL STAVES, HEADING, &c.
• Cunningham Wm., rectifier and dealer in liquors.
• Devos Joseph, woolen factory.
• Dines G., (colored,) barber.
• Dyke Nathaniel, tinsmith.
• Ebersale & Haines, druggists and apothecaries.
• Ebersale, physician and surgeon.
• Edwards W. J. & Co., carriage makers.
• Fehling Chas., grocer.
• Ferryboat, foot of Third street.
• Fisher P., boot and shoemaker.
• GAFF T. & J. W., dry goods, groceries, &c.
• Garmhansen B., grocer.
• Giedgold Jacob, meat market.
• Giedgold J. L. & M., proprietors livery stable.
• Goldsmith Martin, boots, shoes, clothing, &c.
• Green Edward H., attorney at law and notary public.
• HAMILTON J., PROPRIETOR EAGLE HOTEL, (see card.)
• Haring M., cabinet and furniture dealer.
• Harris Wm. T., justice of peace.
• Hawek Lewis, barber.
• Held P. H., merchant tailor.
• Hettenbergh S., proprietor Mary Pell Exchange.
• HILL S. P. & CO., DRUGGISTS AND APOTHECARIES, PROPRIETORS OF SHATTUCK’S EXCELSIOR BANKING POWDERS.
• Holman & Haines, attorneys at law and notaries public.
• Holz Dr., physician and surgeon.
• Hubbartt Richard, grocer.
• Hubbartt Asa B., carpenter and joiner.
• HUCKERY FREDERICK, JUSTICE OF PEACE.
• HURLBERT L. G., PLANING & FLOURING MILL, LUMBER YARD, DOOR, SASH AND VENETIAN SHUTTER FACTORY.
• Ittner John, boot and shoemaker.
• Kasner Philip, proprietor Aurora Bakery.
• Kelsey J. A. & Co., proprietors wharfboat.
• KEMPF M., MANUFACTURER OF BREAD CRACKERS, PILOT BREAD, CAKES, &c. ALSO DEALER IN GROCERIES, LIQUORS, &c.
• Kreitlein A., grocer.
• Lamkin H., tailor.
• Johnson A., proprietor bakery.
• Laupus J. G., tobacconist.
• Lausberry A. B., wagonmaker.
• Latimore T., carpenter and joiner.
• Lazier Abram, dry goods and groceries.
• McCreary R. E., dry goods and groceries.
• McHenry B. N., blacksmith.
• Maloney John, grocer.
• Mansion House, A. Shultz, proprietor.
• Marron H., cabinet and furniture dealer.
• Mary Pell Exchange, S. Hettenbergh, proprietor.
• Masonic Hall, Aurora Lodge, corner Judiciary and Third streets.
• Mayer Cohn & Co., clothing merchants.
• Meyer M., clothier.
• Milburn J. N., jewelry and bookstore.
• Miles Isaac, attorney at law.
• Odd Fellows Hall, Chosen Friends Lodge, Judiciary street, near Third.
• Parker Samuel, fruit and vegetable dealer.
• Phalin Israel, grocer.
• Pierce S. R., dry goods and groceries.
• Postoffice Third street, near the Levee, MRS. A. P. CLARK, POSTMISTRESS.
• Pyle J. Atwood, ambrotypist.
• Radspiner J. F., grocer.
• Rider J., boot and shoemaker.
• Rothirt Fred., grocer.
• Sadler Mrs. C., milliner and dress maker.
• Schultze A., proprietor Mansion House.
• Sherrod Wm., (colored) barber.
• Sherwood Mrs. Mary, milliner and dressmaker.
• Shipper B., coal dealer.
• Siemondel M., bakery and confectionery.
• Siemondel L., proprietor city brewery.
• Siemondel M. & C., proprietors city flourmill.
• Slater Frederick, grocer.
• Small Ezra, dealer in pressed hay.
• Squibb W. P. & Co., dealers in groceries and liquors.
• Stafford James, grocer.
• Stark Mrs. M., milliner.
• STEDMAN & CO., STEAM ENGINE BUILDERS, FLOURING AND SAW MILLS, HAY PRESSES AND CASTING OF ALL KINDS.
• Stevens Jacob, blacksmith.
• Stevens W. F., insurance agent.
• Strutton L. S., dry goods dealer.
• Taylor George W., proprietor livery stable.
• Telegraph office at the Railroad depot.
• Terrill R. Q., attorney at law.
• Tuck N. H., ambrotypist.
• TUMY S. P., MAYOR.
• TUMY S. P., DEALER IN STOVES AND TINWARE.
• Twyman B. W., attorney at law.
• Unterstidung Feriend, meets at the Trester house.
• Veiht F. L., physician and surgeon.
• WEAVER J. W., COMMISSION MERCHANT ON LEVEE.
• Wehe Adam, saddler and harness maker.
• Wharf boat, J. A. Kelsey & Co., proprietors.
• Wilke J. H., grocer.
• Worth F. D., proprietor Trester house.
• Workingmen’s library, Odd Fellow hall building.
• WYMAND & GIBSON, MANUFACTURERS OF COOPERAGE, PORK DEALERS, DISTILLERS AND RECTIFIERS SUPPLIED.
• Young & Miller, boot and shoemakers.