Alliance, Nebraska Alliance, Nebraska Downtown Alliance: Box Butte Avenue Downtown Alliance: Box Butte Avenue Location of Alliance inside Nebraska and Box Butte County Location of Alliance inside Nebraska and Box Butte County Alliance is a town/city in Box Butte County, in the northwestern part of the state of Nebraska, in the Great Plains region of the United States.
Its populace was 8,491 at the 2010 census. It is the governmental center of county of Box Butte County. Alliance is the home to Carhenge, a replica of Stonehenge constructed with automobiles, which is positioned north of the city.
Post Office gave Holdrege permission, and he picked "Alliance" for the new name of the town.
Alliance was incorporated as a town/city in 1891. The Alliance Army Airfield was established in 1942.
The facility was transferred from the federal government to the City of Alliance in 1953 and is presently in use as the Alliance Municipal Airport.
In the Lakota language, Alliance is known as chasmu oka mi, meaning "Sand River Bend". Alliance is positioned at the edge of Nebraska's Sand Hills.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.73 square miles (12.25 km2), of which, 4.72 square miles (12.22 km2) is territory and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) is water. Located in the High Plains, Alliance's climate is rather typical of the encircling region.
The all-time record high for Alliance is 110 F (43 C), set in 1983, and the all-time record low is 42 F ( 41 C), set in 1989.
Climate data for Alliance, Nebraska Average rain days 5 6 8 9 11 10 9 9 8 6 6 5 92 As of the census of 2010, there were 8,491 citizens , 3,559 homeholds, and 2,276 families residing in the city.
There were 4,075 housing units at an average density of 863.3 per square mile (333.3/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 87.5% White, 0.5% African American, 4.6% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 4.2% from other competitions, and 2.9% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,559 homeholds of which 31.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 50.3% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.8% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 36.0% were non-families.
32.4% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 12.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.96.
The median age in the town/city was 39.8 years.
25.8% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 6.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.2% were from 25 to 44; 29.2% were from 45 to 64; and 14.9% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 8,959 citizens , 3,565 homeholds, and 2,392 families residing in the city.
There were 4,062 housing units at an average density of 852.0 per square mile (328.8/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 89.09% White, 0.49% African American, 3.40% Native American, 0.60% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 4.31% from other competitions, and 2.09% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,565 homeholds out of which 36.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 54.8% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 32.9% were non-families.
29.5% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.06.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 28.1% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
As of 2000 the median income for a homehold in the town/city was $39,408, and the median income for a family was $47,766.
About 10.6% of families and 11.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 15.1% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over.
Alliance Public Schools operates five schools: Early Childhood Center (birth to age 5), Emerson Elementary (kindergarten through undertaking 2), Grandview Elementary (grades 3 5), Alliance Middle School (grades 6 8), and Alliance High School (grades 9 12). The stockyards line from the northern exit of the Powder River Basin, one of the biggest coal-mining areas of the world, to Alliance and the easterly United States, sees a rather large number of coal trains every day, to power plants in the Midwest and South. In the southern areas of Alliance there is a large train yard which hosts many of these coal trains.
The sculpture was constructed on the farm of Reinders's late father just north of Alliance.
Jimmy Abegg (born 1954), visual artist and member of Christian modern bands Rich Mullins' A Ragamuffin Band and Vector, born in Alliance Moon Bloodgood (born 1975), actress/model, born in Alliance David Bunnell (born 1947), publisher, writer, personal computer pioneer, born and raised in Alliance Luke Redfield (born 1983), singer/songwriter, spent a portion of his youth in Alliance "Alliance, Box Butte County".
"Alliance, NE Monthly Averages".
"Alliance, Nebraska Weather".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
Alliance Public Schools, subpages under "Schools" tab.
"Alliance Schools".
Alliance, Nebraska: Holy Rosary and St.
Omaha, Nebraska: Nebraska Broadcasters' Association.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Alliance (Nebraska).
City of Alliance Alliance Chamber of Commerce Alliance Times-Herald journal Municipalities and communities of Box Butte County, Nebraska, United States
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