Alliance, Missouri Explained

Official Name:Alliance, Missouri
Settlement Type:unincorporated community
Mapsize:250x200px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Bollinger
Subdivision Type3:Township
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Area Code:573
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID

Alliance is an unincorporated community in the northwestern part of Whitewater Township in Bollinger County, Missouri, United States.

The community was named after the organization Farmer's Alliance, an organized agrarian economic movement among American farmers which had been organized in Illinois in 1880. Farmer's Alliance was a strong and flourishing organization in Alliance at that time. Alliance is also called Jugtown because of the pottery that was manufactured from the clay found there.[1] A post office was established there in 1889 and was in operation until 1953.[2]

References

37.5622°N -89.9967°W

Notes and References

  1. State Historical Society of Missouri: Bollinger County Place Names, 1928-1945 http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_bollinger.html
  2. Post Offices in Bollinger County, MO Web site: Bollinger . 2013-12-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191155/http://www.missouripostalhistory.org/bo017ml.htm . 2013-10-29 .