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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 DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Albertville   SW32 mi [51.5 km]19,79414.77% increase
 Arab   W46 mi [74 km]7,92410.45% increase
 Boaz   SW31 mi [49.89 km]8,34912.66% increase
 Guntersville   W32 mi [51.5 km]8,42213.89% increase
 Jacksonville   S44 mi [70.8 km]10,07719.91% increase
 Rainbow City   SW42 mi [67.6 km]9,32410.63% increase
 Scottsboro   NW23 mi [37.01 km]14,9941.57% increase
 Southside   SW42 mi [67.6 km]8,40719.49% increase
 Calhoun (GA)   E43 mi [69.2 km]14,80738.81% increase
 Cedartown (GA)   SE39 mi [62.8 km]10,1236.9% increase
 Dalton (GA)   NE46 mi [74 km]33,64820.55% increase
 Fort Oglethorpe (GA)   NE41 mi [66 km]9,66339.24% increase
 Rome (GA)   SE31 mi [49.89 km]36,0413.03% increase
 East Ridge (TN)   NE45 mi [72.4 km]19,6424.84% decrease
 Red Bank (TN)   NE50 mi [80.5 km]11,5736.8% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Collinsville   SW16 mi [25.75 km]1,6932.98% increase
 Dog Town   S7 mi [11.27 km]---
 Fyffe   W11 mi [17.7 km]1,0568.75% increase
 Gaylesville   SE15 mi [24.14 km]1421.43% increase
 Hammondville   N8 mi [12.87 km]54111.32% increase
 Henagar   N12 mi [19.31 km]2,5797.46% increase
 Mentone   NE9 mi [14.48 km]4826.87% increase
 Mount Vernon   SW12 mi [19.31 km]---
 Pine Ridge   W4 mi [6.44 km]2607% increase
 Powell   NW12 mi [19.31 km]9775.51% increase
 Rainsville   W8 mi [12.87 km]4,99010.91% increase
 Rock City   W15 mi [24.14 km]---
 Sylvania   NW9 mi [14.48 km]1,2676.83% increase
 Valley Head   NE8 mi [12.87 km]6506.38% increase
 Menlo (GA)   E12 mi [19.31 km]5299.07% 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:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Fort Payne
 Calhoun County   SKnightens Crossroads34 miles [54 km]
 Cherokee County   SEJamestown7 miles [11 km]
 Cleburne County   SBorden Springs38 miles [61 km]
 Etowah County   SWBlack Creek21 miles [33 km]
 Jackson County   NWBrowntown12 miles [19 km]
 Madison County   WButler Mill35 miles [56 km]
 Marshall County   WKirbytown24 miles [38 km]
 Catoosa County (GA)   NERed Belt (GA)38 miles [61 km]
 Chattooga County (GA)   EAlpine (GA)11 miles [17 km]
 Dade County (GA)   NEHead River (GA)17 miles [27 km]



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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Fort Payne. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Fort Payne.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Fort Payne and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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