Fort Payne, Alabama

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Fort Payne is a city in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 12,938. The city is the county seat of DeKalb County.

It is home to the band Alabama, and bills itself as the "Official Sock Capital of the World."

NASCAR drivers Tim Flock, Fonty Flock, Bob Flock, and Ethel Mobley were from the town.

A magnitude-4.9 earthquake occurred here in 2003.

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Fort Payne is located at 34°27′14″N, 85°42′24″W (34.453829, -85.706648)^GR1.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 144.9 km² (56.0 mi²). 144.7 km² (55.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (0.14%) is water.

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