Fort Payne is a city in and county seat of DeKalb County, in northeastern Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 14,877.
Gault Avenue in downtown Fort Payne
The DeKalb Hotel, built in the Boom in 1889, burned 1918
Former city hall, now police headquarters
DeKalb County Courthouse
DeKalb County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 71,608. Its county seat is Fort Payne, and it is named after Major General Baron Johan DeKalb. DeKalb County is part of the Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL Combined Statistical Area.
DeKalb County courthouse in Fort Payne
The "Old Union" or "Tallahatchie" covered bridge crosses the Little River.