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Welcome to Alliance ...

Alliance is located in Macon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Alliance, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Alliance is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Alliance lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Alliance (for example, toward Columbus (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Alliance: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Alliance ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Alabama communities named Alliance: This one is located in Macon County and the other is located in Jefferson County.

Beyond Alabama, there are 28 communities that are also named Alliance - they are located in Alberta, California, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Indiana (2), Kansas (4), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alliance.

Communities near Alliance ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Alliance.

  • Auburn
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Opelika
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Tuskegee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Tallassee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Notasulga
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hurtsboro
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Hurtsboro is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsboro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
  • Franklin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Loachapoka
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Waverly
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Waverly is located in Chambers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
  • Ridgewood Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Ridgewood Village is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Village

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Alliance. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Alliance.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Alliance. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Alliance.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Alliance. See our Newspapers Page for Alliance.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alliance ...

Looking for more information about Alliance? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Alliance, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Alliance.

Adding Alliance to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Alliance in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Alliance was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Alliance post office opened in 1890. The Alliance post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alliance.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Macon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alliance - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Alliance area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Alliance area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/