Fort Payne, Alabama

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Chattanooga (TN). It is located about 49 miles [78 km] to the northeast of Fort Payne and has a population of 155,554 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Gadsden. It is located about 35 miles [56 km] to the southwest of Fort Payne and has a population of 38,978 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Albertville	SW	32 mi [51.5 km]	19,794	14.77% increase
	Arab	W	46 mi [74 km]	7,924	10.45% increase
	Boaz	SW	31 mi [49.89 km]	8,349	12.66% increase
	Guntersville	W	32 mi [51.5 km]	8,422	13.89% increase
	Jacksonville	S	44 mi [70.8 km]	10,077	19.91% increase
	Rainbow City	SW	42 mi [67.6 km]	9,324	10.63% increase
	Scottsboro	NW	23 mi [37.01 km]	14,994	1.57% increase
	Southside	SW	42 mi [67.6 km]	8,407	19.49% increase
	Calhoun (GA)	E	43 mi [69.2 km]	14,807	38.81% increase
	Cedartown (GA)	SE	39 mi [62.8 km]	10,123	6.9% increase
	Dalton (GA)	NE	46 mi [74 km]	33,648	20.55% increase
	Fort Oglethorpe (GA)	NE	41 mi [66 km]	9,663	39.24% increase
	Rome (GA)	SE	31 mi [49.89 km]	36,041	3.03% increase
	East Ridge (TN)	NE	45 mi [72.4 km]	19,642	4.84% decrease
	Red Bank (TN)	NE	50 mi [80.5 km]	11,573	6.8% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Collinsville	SW	16 mi [25.75 km]	1,693	2.98% increase
	Dog Town	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Fyffe	W	11 mi [17.7 km]	1,056	8.75% increase
	Gaylesville	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]	142	1.43% increase
	Hammondville	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	541	11.32% increase
	Henagar	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	2,579	7.46% increase
	Mentone	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]	482	6.87% increase
	Mount Vernon	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	Pine Ridge	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	260	7% increase
	Powell	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]	977	5.51% increase
	Rainsville	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	4,990	10.91% increase
	Rock City	W	15 mi [24.14 km]	---
	Sylvania	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	1,267	6.83% increase
	Valley Head	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	650	6.38% increase
	Menlo (GA)	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	529	9.07% increase

DeKalb County

Fort Payne is located in DeKalb County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of DeKalb: Jackson, Cherokee, Etowah, Marshall, Dade (GA), Walker (GA) and Chattooga (GA).

While not sharing a border with DeKalb, the counties of Floyd (GA) and Polk (GA) are close to Fort Payne.

Below are counties that are near Fort Payne (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Fort Payne:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Fort Payne
	Calhoun County	S	Knightens Crossroads	34 miles [54 km]
	Cherokee County	SE	Jamestown	7 miles [11 km]
	Cleburne County	S	Borden Springs	38 miles [61 km]
	Etowah County	SW	Black Creek	21 miles [33 km]
	Jackson County	NW	Browntown	12 miles [19 km]
	Madison County	W	Butler Mill	35 miles [56 km]
	Marshall County	W	Kirbytown	24 miles [38 km]
	Catoosa County (GA)	NE	Red Belt (GA)	38 miles [61 km]
	Chattooga County (GA)	E	Alpine (GA)	11 miles [17 km]
	Dade County (GA)	NE	Head River (GA)	17 miles [27 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Alabama<3>

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