Welcome to Alliance ...

The city of Alliance is located in Box Butte County<1> and is the County Seat for Box Butte County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Alliance, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Alliance has a population of 8,095 people<2> (see below for details).

Alliance is 3,960 feet [1,207 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Alliance is ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Alliance lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Alliance and travel west, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Alliance: 308

The ZIP code for Alliance: 69301<4>

Websites for Alliance ...

Official Website: www.cityofalliance.net/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Alliance had an population of 8,095 people. This is a decrease of 4.66% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 9.64% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Alliance had a population of 8,491 people (which is 75.31% of the total population of Box Butte County). This makes Alliance the county's most populous community.

The population of Alliance represents 0.46% of the population of Nebraska (which has 1,826,341 people), making it the state's 18th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 8,491 people, the population of Alliance decreased 5.22% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 8,959 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Alliance.

Communities Also Named Alliance ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 28 communities that are also named Alliance - they are located in Alabama (2), Alberta, California, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Indiana (2), Kansas (4), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Mississippi, Missouri, 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 7 communities that are near Alliance.

• Hemingford
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hemingford have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemingford
  • Hemingford is located in Box Butte County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hemingford <6>
• Berea
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
  • Berea is located in Box Butte County
• Bonner ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonner
  • Bonner is located in Morrill County
• Antioch ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
  • Antioch is located in Sheridan County
• Angora
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angora
  • Angora is located in Morrill County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Angora <6>
• Lakeside
  (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
  • Lakeside is located in Sheridan County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lakeside <6>
• Ellsworth
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
  • Ellsworth is located in Sheridan County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ellsworth <6>

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. Our list includes 15 papers. 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Alliance, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on 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 for Alliance was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Alliance post office opened in 1888.

We also found Alliance on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Nebraska (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alliance.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Alliance: www.cityofalliance.net/

The official website for Box Butte County: www.co.box-butte.ne.us/

The official website for State of Nebraska: https://www.nebraska.gov/