History · Alliance

Alliance’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Alliance. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

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.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 776 to 733 (-6%). Half of its homes were built before 1991.

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

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Alliance is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Alliance has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is China Grove in Stonewall, 5.8 miles away.

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. China Grove’s page links to a real one.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

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