Franklin County

Carrabelle

Carrabelle is an incorporated city in Franklin County. City Hall keeps construction on the Building page, while its Water and Sewer Clerk handles utility accounts and occupational-license paperwork. The two jobs share an address, but not the same form.

Type: City
County: Franklin
Population: 2,572

Data notes

Population source: Census Vintage 2025 subcounty population estimates. Florida Revenue November 2025 county planning row: 10.6003 mills for Franklin County. Census GEOID: 1210725.

Local front desk

The occupational-license form lives with water and sewer.

For construction, start with Building and use the city's permit portal or payment link. For a water or sewer account, billing question, or occupational license, use Water and Sewer; that office publishes the application and submission email. The shared City Hall address makes the handoff easy once you know which desk owns the paper.

Local government

Carrabelle building The city route for the building-permit portal, permit payments, current fees, zoning resources, maps, and Building Department contacts. Carrabelle water and sewer The city route for utility accounts, billing, service help, water-quality reports, and the occupational-license application.

Property and records

Property appraiser Parcel records, assessed value, exemptions, and taxable value. Tax collector Tax bills, payments, discounts, deferrals, and delinquent-tax questions. Clerk and recorder Deeds, mortgages, official records, court files, and recorded documents.

People and safety

Supervisor of Elections Voter registration, precincts, ballots, and county election information. Emergency management Local alerts, evacuation information, shelters, and storm instructions. School district Enrollment, calendars, district contacts, and the address-based assignment path.

Find the office Match the errand to the office Use the record or service to separate city, county, district, state, and private responsibilities. Find the utility provider Start utility service with the address Water, power, sewer, trash, gas, and internet can follow different service boundaries.

Local profile checked August 4, 2026. Confirm the address and current instructions on the linked official site.

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Address, home, and local records

Home and local tasks in Carrabelle

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Address and ZIP

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Property tax

Franklin County tax planning

The November 2025 county planning row is 10.6003 mills, about $1,060 per $100,000 of taxable value before parcel-specific charges.

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Storm planning

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Evacuation zones, shelter plans, county alerts, and local emergency orders can change by exact address.

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Permits and records

Look up the local file

Building permits, code cases, liens, zoning, business tax receipts, and utility records may sit with Franklin County, a city, or a district.

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Address changes

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Direct Porch Notes

Notes about Carrabelle

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History and culture

Carrabelle keeps a phone-booth-sized police story

Carrabelle's locally billed "World's Smallest Police Station" turns a 1963 police-phone booth and a practical local fix into a roadside story.

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Useful local context

Notes that mention, illustrate, or sit near Carrabelle

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Cars and driving

Big Bend Scenic Byway makes the coast and forest feel connected

The Big Bend Scenic Byway turns North Florida into a long road story of capital city, forest, marsh, river towns, Gulf water, and quiet planning.

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Around Carrabelle

Nearby Florida place pages, ordered by straight-line distance between Census internal points. This is not driving distance.

Eastpoint Franklin County - about 13 miles away Sopchoppy Wakulla County - about 18 miles away St. George Island Franklin County - about 19 miles away Panacea Wakulla County - about 20 miles away Apalachicola Franklin County - about 21 miles away Sumatra Liberty County - about 22 miles away Crawfordville Wakulla County - about 30 miles away St. Marks Wakulla County - about 35 miles away

Source habit

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Home and local tasks

Property, storms, permits, and offices

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County context

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Data and page limits

Last checked July 26, 2026. Place names, county coverage, GEOIDs, coordinates, and population labels come from the Census sources in the Florida place data used by this site. County tax planning rows use Florida Revenue November 2025 millage data. The local front desk is a reviewed profile of the city and county split, checked August 4, 2026. Direct note relationships and contextual note paths are kept separate. Parcel values, exemptions, permits, school assignments, storm instructions, utility service, private rules, and final bills still depend on the exact address and the official office or document.

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