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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.

Fort Payne is located at 34.453829, -85.706648.

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.

In the city the population was spread out with 23.4% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 92.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.5 males.

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