Alliance, city in Stark and Mahoning counties, northeastern Ohio, at the headwaters of the Mahoning River. Alliance is an industrial center in a productive farming and mining region. The city's many manufactures include machinery and steel products, and bricks and tiles, using nearby sources of clay and shale. Mount Union College (1846) is in Alliance. The name of the community was chosen in 1854 in anticipation of the union of two railroads here. Before the American Civil War (1861-1865), Alliance was a station on the Underground Railroad, an escape route to Canada for black slaves. Alliance was incorporated as a village in 1854, with the consolidation of Freedom, Liberty, and Williamsport; it was incorporated as a city in 1889. Population 24,315 (1980); 23,376 (1990); 23,253 (2000).Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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