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Alliance: University of Mount Union Chapman Hall, University of Mount Union, Alliance, Ohio.

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Ohio, United States
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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...

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