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Red Bay is a city in western Franklin County in the northwest corner of Alabama, and its western boundary line runs along the Mississippi state line.

The community was first known as Vinson's Crossroads and was originally located along Gum Creek; its first post office opened in 1887.

Red Bay takes its name from the area's red clay soil and the many redbay trees found in this part of north Alabama.

A branch of the Illinois Central Railroad was constructed through the area in 1907, Red Bay incorporated that same year, and the town developed into an important lumber cutting and shipping center.

The 2020 census counted 3,232 residents in Red Bay.

One of Red Bay's best-known features is the canopy of towering oak trees over Main Street, planted by the Red Bay Garden Club in the 1930s, which forms a "tunnel of trees" through town.

The Red Bay Museum, which opened downtown in 2006, recreates the town's first bank, its railroad depot, and an early drug store with its soda fountain and counter.

Much of the museum's second floor is devoted to country music star Tammy Wynette, who spent much of her childhood in Red Bay and considered it her adopted hometown.

Red Bay is the home of Tiffin Motorhomes, the nationally known maker of Allegro motor homes, and of Sunshine Mills, a pet food manufacturer.

The city celebrates Founder's Day each September with a photography contest, a fiddling and buck dancing contest, a car and bike show, a pageant, and a 5K run.