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Fort Payne

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Fort Payne is a city in and the county seat of DeKalb County, in northeastern Alabama, United States. It is near Lookout Mountain.

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At the 2020 census, the population was 14,877. This city developed around a fort of the same name, built in the 1830s to intern the Cherokee tribe who were being rounded up by the military before being forcibly removed to Indian Territory in 1838 on what they called the Trail of Tears.

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Fort Payne, Alabama.

It is near Lookout Mountain. At the 2020 census, the population was 14,877. This city developed around a fort of the same name, built in the 1830s to intern the Cherokee tribe who were being rounded up by the military before being forcibly removed to Indian Territory in 1838 on what they called the Trail of Tears. Unsaid gifts are made for that: keepsakes and art that mark a family's growth in Fort Payne.

Fort Payne is a city in and the county seat of DeKalb County, in northeastern Alabama, United States.
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It is near Lookout Mountain.

Fort Payne is a city in and the county seat of DeKalb County, in northeastern Alabama, United States.
It is near Lookout Mountain.
At the 2020 census, the population was 14,877.
This city developed around a fort of the same name, built in the 1830s to intern the Cherokee tribe who were being rounded up by the military before being forcibly removed to Indian Territory in 1838 on what they called the Trail of Tears.
European-American settlers gradually developed a community around the former fort.
It grew rapidly in the late 19th century based on industrial resources, and manufacturing increased in the early 20th century.
At the beginning of the 21st century, it still had 7000 workers in 100 mills producing varieties of socks, nearly half the world production.
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