City profile · Town
Fort Payne, Alabama
Reviewed Oct 19, 2026Who leads Fort Payne, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Todd Simpson
- Role
- Council President
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Population
- 12,938
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 19, 2026
- Confirmed by a reviewer against a source
- Last checked
- Oct 19, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcefortpayne.org/city-services/citycouncil ↗
- Official leadership pagefortpayne.org/city-services/citycouncil ↗
- City websitefortpayne.org ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Todd Simpson CurrentCouncil President · added Oct 19, 2026 · verified Oct 19, 2026
- Brian Baine FormerMayor · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 12,938
- Median household income
- $44,549
- Median age
- 39.7
- Land area
- 56.41 sq mi
- Population density
- 229.4 per sq mi
- County
- DeKalb County
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