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Notable locations in Fort Payne: Allen Switch (A), Terrapin Hills Golf Estates (B), Fort Payne Water Works (C), Fort Payne City Auditorium (D), Fort Payne Recreation Center (E), DeKalb County Library (F), DeKalb County Courthouse (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Fort Payne include: Walnut Grove Baptist Church (A), Union Hill Church (B), Crystal Lake Church (C), Davis Chapel (D), Delma Church (E), Ellers Chapel (F), Pleasant View Church (G), Log Cabin Chapel (H), Oak Hill Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Franklin Cemetery (1), Lankford Cemetery (2), Sulphur Springs Cemetery (3), Fisher Cemetery (4), Stewart Cemetery (5), White Hall Cemetery (6), Scott Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Fort Payne City Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Beeson Branch (A), Allen Branch (B), White Hall Branch (C), Smith Branch (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Fort Payne include: Manitou Park (1), City Park (2), Fort Payne Residential Historic District (3), Fort Payne Main Street Historic District (4), Fort Payne Boom Town Historic District (5), Williams Avenue Athletic Facilities (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
Post office: Fort Payne Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Tourist attractions: Alabama Band Fan Club (Museums; 101 Glenn Boulevard Southwest) (1), Depot Museum (105 5th Street Northeast) (2), Quality Travel (Tours & Charters; 2201 Gault Avenue North Suite D) (3), Dan's Tours & Travel (Tours & Charters; 1526 Gault Avenue North # 100) (4). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
Hotels: Mountain View Motel (2302 Gault Ave S) (1), Econo Lodge (Highway I 59) (2), Quality Inn (Highway I 59) (3), Hampton Inn (1201 Jordan Road Southwest) (4), Days Inn (Highway I 59) (5), Desoto State Park Cottage & Motel Reservations (265 Road 951) (6), Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites (112 Airport Road West) (7), Fort Payne Inn (1828 Gault Avenue North) (8). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
Courts: Fort Payne City - General Government- City Court Clerk Magistrate (200 Gault Avenue South) (1), Dekalb County - Court System- Courthouse- Circuit Clerk (300 Grand Avenue Southwest) (2), Dekalb County - Court Referral (200 Grand Avenue Southwest) (3). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Fort Payne and their reported violations in the past:
NORTHEAST ALABAMA WATER SYSTEM (Population served: 37500, Surface_water):
Past monitoring violations:
- 56 regular monitoring violations
FORT PAYNE WATER WORKS BOARD (Address: 153 20TH STREET NE, Population served: 19500, Surface_water):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-2001, Contaminant: Coliform
Past monitoring violations:
- One minor monitoring violation
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:
| This city: |  12.3% | | Whole state: |  16.1% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:
| This city: | 4.4% | | Whole state: | 7.3% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Fort Payne, AL
People in group quarters in Fort Payne
- 234 people in nursing homes
- 77 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 65 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 6 people in other group homes
Fort Payne compared to Alabama state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Fort Payne (2009 data):
- First State Bank of DeKalb County: First State Bank Of Dekalb County at 500 Gault Avenue South, branch established on 1982-05-19; Gault Avenue North Branch at 2407 Gault Avenue North, branch established on 1996-04-10. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $86.8 mil, Deposits: $73.3 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 2 total offices, Holding Company: First State Bancshares Of Dekalb County, Inc.
- Compass Bank: Fort Payne Main Branch at 200 Gault Avenue, branch established on 1892-01-01; North Gault Branch at 2311 Gault Avenue North, branch established on 1990-01-22. Info updated 2008-03-25: Bank assets: $62,251.3 mil, Deposits: $39,050.6 mil, headquarters in Birmingham, AL, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 597 total offices, Holding Company: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.
- Regions Bank: Fort Payne Branch at 100 Grand Avenue, South, branch established on 1952-01-30; North Gault Avenue Branch at 1718 Gault Avenue, North, branch established on 1979-06-05. Info updated 2009-02-09: Bank assets: $142,084.0 mil, Deposits: $95,926.0 mil, headquarters in Birmingham, AL, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1946 total offices, Holding Company: Regions Financial Corporation
- First Federal Bank: at 1400 Gault Avenue North, branch established on 1965-05-03. Info updated 2007-09-11: Bank assets: $78.5 mil, Deposits: $71.3 mil, local headquarters, positive income
- First Southern State Bank: Fort Payne Branch at 1820 Glen Boulevard, branch established on 1997-11-10. Info updated 2009-01-06: Bank assets: $329.8 mil, Deposits: $272.4 mil, headquarters in Stevenson, AL, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 7 total offices, Holding Company: First Bancshares Of Stevenson, Inc.
Fire-safe hotels and motels in Fort Payne, Alabama
- Days Inn, 1416 Gln Blvd SW, Fort Payne, AL 35968, Phone: (256) 845-2085, Fax: (256) 845-7745
- Best Western Fort Payne, 1828 Gault Ave, Fort Payne, AL 35967, Phone: (256) 845-0481, Fax: (256) 845-6152
- Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 112 Airport Rd W, Fort Payne, AL 35968, Phone: (256) 997-1020, Fax: (256) 997-1080
- Econo Lodge, 1412 Glenn Blvd SW, Fort Payne, AL 35968, Phone: (256) 845-4013, Fax: (256) 845-4013
- Hampton Inn Fort Payne, 1201 Jordan Rd, Fort Payne, AL 35968, Phone: (256) 304-2600, Fax: (256) 304-2601
- Rodeway Inn - Fort Payne, 102 Drinkard Drive NW, Fort Payne, AL 35967, Phone: (256) 845-2950, Fax: (256) 845-2949
All 6 fire-safe hotels and motels in Fort Payne, Alabama
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in DeKalb County Alabama:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Electricity (54%)
- Utility gas (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
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Religion statistics for Fort Payne
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 59.98%
| Here | | 60.0% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations.
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Duck River and Kindred Baptists Associations | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Churches of Christ |
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| Adherents | 68.4% | 10.7% | 8.6% | 5.7% | 1.5% |
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| Congregations | 42.6% | 17.9% | 11.3% | 9.2% | 5.1% |
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| Name | Catholic Church | Episcopal Church | Progressive Primitive Baptists | Church of God of Prophecy | Other |
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| Adherents | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 2.5% |
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| Congregations | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 2.6% | 8.7% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
6 | $21,569 | $43,138 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
7 | $26,614 | $45,624 | 5 | $3,542 |
| Judicial and Legal |
3 | $7,968 | $31,872 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
33 | $102,521 | $37,280 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
16 | $32,196 | $24,147 | 3 | $2,083 |
| Firefighters |
39 | $108,085 | $33,257 | 1 | $615 |
| Streets and Highways |
26 | $56,444 | $26,051 | 2 | $2,582 |
| Airports |
1 | $1,514 | $18,168 | 0 | $0 |
| Health |
1 | $1,470 | $17,640 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
28 | $59,546 | $25,520 | 1 | $496 |
| Sewerage |
8 | $30,640 | $45,960 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
15 | $32,823 | $26,258 | 36 | $19,913 |
| Water Supply |
22 | $81,750 | $44,591 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
8 | $19,789 | $29,684 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
213 | $582,929 | $32,841 | 48 | $29,231 |
Fort Payne government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Air Transportation: $94,000
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $339,000
- Charges - Sewerage: $2,854,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,562,000
Parks & Recreation: $361,000
All Other: $36,000
- Construction - Sewerage: $2,493,000
Air Transportation: $53,000
Regular Highways: $23,000
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $2,348,000
Water Utilities: $1,985,000
Regular Highways: $1,973,000
Fire Protection: $1,602,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,230,000
Parks & Recreation: $1,125,000
Sewerage: $934,000
Financial Administration: $737,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $300,000
General - Other: $230,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $168,000
Air Transportation: $150,000
General Public Buildings: $67,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $38,000
All Other: $10,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $1,327,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Welfare: $109,000
General: $91,000
Libraries: $78,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $12,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Highways: $127,000
General Support: $37,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $15,091,000
Industrial Revenue: $600,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $21,292,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $13,890,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $14,889,000
Other, NEC: $6,395,000
Industrial Revenue: $500,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $100,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $1,007,000
Water Utilities: $202,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $537,000
Interest Earnings: $159,000
Rents: $47,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Solid Waste Management: $211,000
Police Protection: $148,000
Air Transportation: $97,000
Regular Highways: $97,000
Sewerage: $91,000
Parks & Recreation: $86,000
Fire Protection: $61,000
General Public Building: $25,000
Financial Administration: $22,000
General - Other: $13,000
Judicial: $7,000
Protective Inspection & Regulation, NEC: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $7,001,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $3,278,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $1,157,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $134,000
Highways: $127,000
All Other: $79,000
- Tax - Total General Sales: $6,992,000
Public Utilities: $857,000
NEC: $781,000
Property: $547,000
Motor Fuels Sales: $362,000
Tobacco Sales: $163,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $5,100,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $754,000
5.25% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,130 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.25% | | Alabama average: | 6.81% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.24% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,343 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.24% | | Alabama average: | 6.16% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Fort Payne:
- WFPA (1400 AM; 1 kW; FORT PAYNE, AL; Owner: DEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY RADIO, INC.)
- WZOB (1250 AM; 5 kW; FORT PAYNE, AL; Owner: CENTRAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WQRX (870 AM; daytime; 10 kW; VALLEY HEAD, AL; Owner: BARINOWSKI INVESTMENT COMPANY)
- WNSI (810 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, AL; Owner: UNITED BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WWAM (820 AM; daytime; 50 kW; JASPER, TN; Owner: SHELTON BROADCASTING SYSTEM)
- WFLI (1070 AM; 50 kW; LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, TN; Owner: WFLI, INC.)
- WKNG (1060 AM; daytime; 50 kW; TALLAPOOSA, GA; Owner: WKNG, INC.)
- WGTA (950 AM; 5 kW; SUMMERVILLE, GA; Owner: AZTECA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WFTD (1080 AM; daytime; 50 kW; MARIETTA, GA; Owner: PRIETO ENTERPRISES, INC.)
- WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WVSM (1500 AM; daytime; 1 kW; RAINSVILLE, AL; Owner: SAND MOUNTAIN ADVERTISING CO., INC.)
- WLOR (1550 AM; 50 kW; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: BCA RADIO, LLC)
- WZQZ (1180 AM; daytime; 5 kW; TRION, GA; Owner: BARINOWSKI INVESTMENT COMPANY)
Strongest FM radio stations in Fort Payne:
- WRHY (105.9 FM; CENTRE, AL; Owner: WILLIAMS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WKEA-FM (98.3 FM; SCOTTSBORO, AL; Owner: KEA RADIO, INC.)
- WBDX (102.7 FM; TRENTON, GA; Owner: PARTNERS FOR CHRISTIAN RADIO, INC.)
- WQSB (105.1 FM; ALBERTVILLE, AL; Owner: SAND MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC.)
- WMBW (88.9 FM; CHATTANOOGA, TN; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
- WATG (95.7 FM; TRION, GA; Owner: TTA BROADCASTING, INC)
- W215BA (90.9 FM; ROME, GA; Owner: PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, INC.)
- WKCX (97.7 FM; ROME, GA; Owner: BRIAR CREEK BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WJCK (88.3 FM; PIEDMONT, AL; Owner: IMMANUEL BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WUSY (100.7 FM; CLEVELAND, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- W257AZ (99.3 FM; LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WMXN-FM (101.7 FM; STEVENSON, AL; Owner: KEA RADIO, INC.)
- WQTU (102.3 FM; ROME, GA; Owner: MCDOUGALD BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- W212AR (90.3 FM; LINDALE, GA; Owner: WAY-FM MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- W289AC (105.7 FM; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: WILLIAM PAXTON ROGERS)
- WLJS-FM (91.9 FM; JACKSONVILLE, AL; Owner: BD. OF TRUSTEES/JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY)
- WMXF-FM (97.3 FM; SOUTH PITTSBURG, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WTBB (89.9 FM; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY)
- WGMZ (93.1 FM; GLENCOE, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WSGN (91.5 FM; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: GADSDEN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
TV broadcast stations around Fort Payne:
- W64BJ (Channel 64; SCOTTSBORO, AL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- WFLI-TV (Channel 53; CLEVELAND, TN; Owner: CHATTANOOGA MEDIA HOLDINGS, L.L.C.)
- WZDX (Channel 54; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: HUNTSVILLE TELEVISION ACQUISITION CORP.)
Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)
See more detailed statistics of Fort Payne fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2008 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 52
Total length: 178 meters (584ft)
Total costs: $52,266,000
Total average daily traffic: 329,814
Total average daily truck traffic: 57,480
New bridges - Historical Statistics
- 1900-1909: 1
- 1910-1919: 0
- 1920-1929: 2
- 1930-1939: 1
- 1940-1949: 0
- 1950-1959: 15
- 1960-1969: 17
- 1970-1979: 4
- 1980-1989: 4
- 1990-1999: 4
- 2000-2009: 4
See Full National Bridge Inventory Statistics for Fort Payne, AL
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Fort Payne)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 17 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 5 (See the full list of FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers in Fort Payne, AL)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 19 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers: 3 (See the full list of FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 7 (See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Paging Towers)
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 3 (See the full list of FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 84 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Fort Payne)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 47 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircrafts in Fort Payne)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 167
- Hazardous Condition: 26
Incident types - Fort Payne
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Fort Payne, AL
Fort Payne on our top lists:
- #1 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (population 5,000+)"
- #1 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Apparel"
- #1 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Apparel (population 5,000+)"
- #4 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks"
- #29 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most bridges per 100,000 population (pop 5,000+)"
- #92 on the list of "Top 101 cities that people commute into (largest positive percentage daily daytime population change due to commuting) (population 5,000+)"
- #57 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of births per 1000 residents 1990-1999 to 2000-2003 (pop 50,000+)"
- #64 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #81 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #94 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Bush (Republican) in the 2004 Presidential Election, pop. 50,000+"
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