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Carrabelle is a city in Franklin County along Florida's Panhandle, United States. The population was 2,778 as of the 2010 census. Carrabelle is located east of Apalachicola at the mouth of the Carrabelle River on the Gulf of Mexico.GeographyCarrabelle is located east of the center of Franklin County along the Carrabelle River, between St. George Sound to the south and the Crooked and New rivers to the north. To the south is Dog Island, separating St. George Sound from the Gulf of Mexico.U.S. Route 98 passes through Carrabelle, leading west to Apalachicola and northeast to Medart. Tallahassee, the state capital, is to the northeast.According to the United States Census Bureau, Carrabelle has a total area of 14.6km2, of which 11.7km2 is land and 2.9km2, or 20.12%, is water.Carrabelle is the eastern terminus of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.DemographicsThe population of Carrabelle rose from 1,303 in 2000 to 2,778 in 2010 with the expansion of the city limits to the northeast to include the Franklin Correctional Institution.