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Alliance’s post office opened in 1890

Most of Alliance was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Below: maps from 1968 on and the census since 1970.

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How Alliance began, and where its name came from

When was Alliance founded?

1890

The Alliance post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 577 in 19702020 census: 733136 years

How did Alliance get its name?

Alliance’s name is derived from the Farmers Alliance Movement from around 1874, two years after Pamlico was founded.

Founding year: the first Alliance post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

What stands out about Alliance’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Alliance, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Alliance yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Alliance is a town in Pamlico County, North Carolina, United States. Its name is derived from the Farmers Alliance Movement from around 1874, two years after Pamlico was founded. Alliance was incorporated in 1965. The majority of land in Alliance is farmland. The population was 733 at the 2020 census. It is part of the New Bern, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1890. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 776 to 733 (-6%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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On the map

Alliance on the map, 1968 to 1983

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Alliance. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Alliance on the 1968 USGS mapAlliance on the 1974 USGS mapAlliance on the 1983 USGS map1968Bayboro sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Alliance.

People over time

Alliance, census by census

0200400600800198020002020Peak: 781

Between 577 and 781 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Alliance’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Alliance

Nobody well known was born in Alliance itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Linda McMahonUnited States Secretary of Education since 2025 · b. 1948
Kevin WilliamsonAmerican screenwriter, director, and producer · b. 1965
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Maddie HassonAmerican actress · b. 1995
Walt BellamyAmerican basketball player · b. 1939
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Dennis MitchellAmerican track and field athlete, Olympic gold … · b. 1966
Lewis ArmisteadConfederate general · b. 1817
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Alliance’s post office has been open since 1890.

Gone or out of use
West Alliance Stationlocale

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

GrantsboroIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBayboroIts storyC

Questions about Alliance’s history

What year was Alliance founded?

The Alliance post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.