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Do you know of Alliance ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Alliance. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Alliance.

We found mention of Alliance as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Decatur County, Georgia.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1889 and closed  in 1889.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Alliance ...

We found 28 communities that share the name Alliance.

There is one other community in Georgia which is also named Alliance.

Beyond Georgia, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 26 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Jasper County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Alliance [Jasper County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Alliance [Jefferson County].
      • Macon County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Alliance [Macon County].
    • Alberta
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Alliance.
    • California
      • Humboldt County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Alliance [Humboldt County].
    • Florida
      • Calhoun County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Alliance [Calhoun County].
      • Jackson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Alliance [Jackson County].
    • Indiana
      • Madison County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Alliance [Madison County].
      • Marion County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Alliance [Marion County].
    • Kansas
      • Barton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alliance [Barton County].
      • Ellis County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alliance [Ellis County].
      • Ellsworth County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alliance [Ellsworth County].
      • Neosho County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alliance [Neosho County].
    • Kentucky
      • Floyd County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Alliance [Floyd County].
    • Louisiana
      • Plaquemines Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Alliance [Plaquemines Parish].
      • Sabine Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Alliance [Sabine Parish].
    • Mississippi
      • Noxubee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Alliance [Noxubee County].
    • Missouri
      • Bollinger County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Alliance [Bollinger County].
    • Nebraska
      • Box Butte County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Alliance [Box Butte County].
    • Nevada
      • Clark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Alliance [Clark County].
    • New Jersey
      • Salem County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Alliance [Salem County].
    • North Carolina
      • Pamlico County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Alliance [Pamlico County].
    • Ohio
      • Mahoning County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Alliance [Mahoning County].
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Alliance.
    • South Carolina
      • Fairfield County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Alliance [Fairfield County].
    • Texas
      • Hunt County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Alliance [Hunt County].
    • Virginia
      • Surry County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Alliance [Surry County].
    • West Virginia
      • Harrison County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Alliance [Harrison County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Alliance ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Alliance:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia Between 1847-1962
Written by: Hemperly, Marion R.
Published by the Southern Historical Press, 1980
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in  Decatur County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Decatur County.

Allen Rock PondEli
Allen 
AlmaFairchild
Argyle 
ArnettGriselda
AvirettGundee
  
Bainbridge JunctionHarrell
Bingen 
Blowing CaveIron City
Bower 
BoyettvilleLive Oak
BrooklynLynn Field
  
CalvaryMarquis
Cement 
CenterRhodesville
CollRock Pond
Concord 
 Steam Mill
DellStricklan
Desser 
DiffeeTallman
DonaldsvilleTired Creek
Doraland 
DouvilleWhigham
 Woodhull

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Alliance could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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