County directory
Franklin County
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- Local places
- 4
- Population
- 13,029
- Planning millage
- 10.6003 mills
- Note paths
- 9
Data notes
Census GEOID: 12037. Population and place types come from the Florida Census place dataset used by this site. The planning millage is a Florida Revenue county-summary row, not a parcel rate, estimate, or bill. Open the property-tax guide for the limits and calculator.
Official county paths
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These links go to the county office or district listed by a statewide official directory. Use the exact address when a parcel, precinct, school assignment, or evacuation instruction is involved.
Property appraiser
Parcel records, assessed value, exemptions, and taxable value.
Open official site ->Tax collector
Tax bills, payments, discounts, deferrals, and delinquent-tax questions.
Open official site ->Clerk and recorder
Deeds, mortgages, official records, court files, and recorded documents.
Open official site ->Supervisor of Elections
Voter registration, precincts, ballots, and county election information.
Open official site ->Emergency management
Local alerts, evacuation information, shelters, and storm instructions.
Open official site ->School district
Enrollment, calendars, district contacts, and the address-based assignment path.
Open official site ->County-office snapshot checked 2026-07-13. Office names, hours, contacts, and service details can change on the linked site.
Local pages
Places in Franklin County
Cities, towns, and villages
Census-designated places (2)
These are named Census places, not incorporated city governments. County and special-district offices often own the practical record.
Direct local notes
Notes about Franklin County and its places
These entries have been reviewed as directly about the county or one of the local places listed here.
History and culture
Apalachicola starts the cooling story with John Gorrie
John Gorrie's ice-making work in Apalachicola gives Florida a small-town link to refrigeration and air conditioning history.
Read this note ->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.
Read this note ->Outdoors
St. George Island State Park needs the end-of-the-road plan
St. George Island State Park is a barrier-island park where beach, camping, road, weather, and facility checks shape the day.
Read this note ->Useful county context
Notes with examples, nearby ties, or broader rules
These notes create useful paths from Franklin County, but they may describe a statewide rule, regional subject, neighboring place, or one county example rather than a rule unique to this county.
History and culture
Apalachicola's oyster story is alive again
Apalachicola Bay's oyster story reaches from old port life to current FWC harvest seasons and careful bay recovery.
Read this note ->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.
Read this note ->Home and property
Apalachicola historic homes keep the bay-town story visible
Apalachicola's historic homes, old grid, porches, warehouses, and bay-town details make the home map feel tied to river trade and working water.
Read this note ->Outdoors
St. Vincent Refuge is a boat-reached island near Apalachicola
St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge gives the Forgotten Coast a remote barrier-island outing where boat access, water, weather, and self-reliance matter.
Read this note ->Rules and licenses
Florida aquaculture certificates help turn water into working farms
Florida aquaculture paperwork helps explain how clams, oysters, fish, aquatic plants, leases, clean water, and coastal jobs fit together.
Read this note ->Outdoors
Tate's Hell dwarf cypress is a small stop in a huge forest
Tate's Hell State Forest has a memorable dwarf cypress stop, but the wider forest needs road, weather, and WMA checks.
Read this note ->Sources used for this page
Use the county directory as a starting map.
Last checked July 13, 2026. The place list comes from the Florida Census place data used by this site. Direct note relationships stay separate from broader contextual paths. County office links come from the statewide directories named on the linked sites, and county tax planning rows use Florida Revenue November 2025 millage data. Before relying on a rule, fee, deadline, public record, service, school assignment, storm instruction, or permit path, use the official source for the exact address.
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Places in Franklin County
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