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Alliance: University of Mount Union
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Alliance, city, Stark county, northeastern Ohio, U.S., situated on the Mahoning River about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Canton. In 1854 the villages of Williamsport, Freedom, and Liberty were incorporated as the village of Alliance, so named for the junction and crossing there of the former New York Central and Pennsylvania railroads. The village of Mount Union became a part of Alliance in 1854. Now highly industrialized, the city manufactures heavy mill machinery, traveling cranes, bricks and tiles, abrasives, and a variety of steel, machine, and metal products. It is the seat of the University of Mount Union (1846). Inc. city, 1889. Pop. (2000) 23,253; (2010) 22,322.

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