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About Fort Payne, AL

Fort Payne sits in Alabama's northeast corner along Lookout Mountain, about an hour from both Birmingham and Chattanooga via Interstate 59. The city serves as DeKalb County's seat and gateway to Little River Canyon and DeSoto State Park. US 11 runs through downtown while State Route 35 connects to surrounding mountain communities. Fort Payne earned fame as the "Sock Capital of the World" when local mills dominated global hosiery production.

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Fort Payne, AL is in United States, at 34.456, -85.697 - about 13 km east of Pine Ridge, AL.

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The closest airport to Fort Payne, AL is Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, 155 km (about 1 h 50 min by car).

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