1909 Map of Alliance

About this map

Alliance sits at the center of a complex intersection of late-industrial transportation networks, where the Pennsylvania System and the Lake Erie and Alliance railroads converge. This early twentieth-century survey captures the region as manufacturing and pottery industries were firmly established, particularly in the growth of Sebring and Beloit along the eastern rail lines. South of the main city, the institutional landscape is marked by the Childrens Home and Mt Union, while the rural surroundings of Washington and Knox townships are dotted with country institutions like Salem Church and Union Grove School. The map also traces the distinct hydrography of the upper Mahoning River and Deer Creek, along with the South Boundary Connecticut Reserve, a significant line in Ohio's early surveying history that still defined local property and political boundaries at this date.