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Mahoning County Ohio incorporated and unincorporated areas East Alliance highlightedPhoto: 636Buster · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History · East Alliance

57% of East Alliance’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1909 on.

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What stands out about East Alliance’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of East Alliance are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of East Alliance’s homes were built before 1938.On the map since 19095 editions of the USGS map, 1909 to 1994. Watch East Alliance change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how East Alliance’s history is told.

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The story so far

East Alliance, in brief

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

East Alliance is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. It was first listed as a CDP for the 2020 census, when it had a population of 268. The CDP is in the southwest corner of Mahoning County and the southwest corner of Smith Township. It is bordered to the west by the city of Alliance in Stark County and to the south by Knox Township in Columbiana County. U.S. Route 62, following the Columbiana County line, runs along the south edge of East Alliance; it leads west into Alliance and east 11 miles (18 km) to Salem.

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

On the map

East Alliance on the map, 1909 to 1994

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

East Alliance on the 1909 USGS mapEast Alliance on the 1952 USGS mapEast Alliance on the 1966 USGS mapEast Alliance on the 1971 USGS mapEast Alliance on the 1994 USGS map1909Alliance sheet · 1:62,500

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

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Famous people

Famous people close to East Alliance

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

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Perry KingAmerican actor · b. 1948
Yuri LowenthalAmerican voice actor · b. 1971
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David A. HuffmanAmerican computer scientist · b. 1925
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Paul StametsAmerican mycologist · b. 1955
Len DawsonAmerican football player · b. 1935
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Curtis J. HumphreysAmerican physicist · b. 1898
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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. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.