Fort Payne, a community of 12,938
located in northeastern Alabama,
is the seat of DeKalb
County. The city, which is known
as the "Sock Capital of the World"
or "Hosiery Capital of the World,"
is located 54 miles (87 kilometers)
southwest of Chattanooga
and 95 miles (153 kilometers) northeast
of Birmingham.
Fort Payne was established in the
early 1800s, and...