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Aurelia is a city in Cherokee County, Iowa, United States. The population was 968 at the 2020 census.

Aurelia city overview:
Name:	Aurelia city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Iowa
County:	Cherokee County
Elevation:	1,391 ft (424 m)
Total Area:	1.01 sq mi (2.63 km²)
Land Area:	1.01 sq mi (2.63 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	968
Population Density:	954.64/sq mi (368.44/km²)
ZIP code:	51005
Area code:	712
FIPS code:	1903745
GNISfeature ID:	0454283

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History

Aurelia was founded in 1873 as a stop along the Illinois Central Railroad branch connecting Sioux City, Iowa, to Chicago, Illinois. This was the only railroad connecting the two Midwestern hubs and so gave birth to many railroad towns. Aurelia was named for the youngest daughter of the owner of the railroad, John Insley Blair, who died in 1866. The location of Aurelia was only set after a last minute change in the railroad design that saw it redirect to go through LeMars and Cherokee, rather than connect Sioux City directly to Storm Lake. Almost 70% of Aurelia’s population is people over age 50. Its newspaper is the Aurelia Star which was founded in March 1881 as the Aurelia Sentinel.