Editing Carrabelle, Florida (section)

==Geography==
[[File:FL 67 Carabelle (N).png|thumb|left|Downtown Carabelle]]
Carrabelle is located east of the center of Franklin County along the Carrabelle River and on [[St. James Island]], between St. George Sound to the south and the [[Crooked River (Florida)|Crooked]] and [[New River (Carrabelle River)|New]] rivers to the north. To the south is [[Dog Island (Florida)|Dog Island]], separating St. George Sound from the Gulf of Mexico.

[[U.S. Route 98]] passes through Carrabelle, leading west {{convert|22|mi}} to [[Apalachicola, Florida|Apalachicola]] and northeast {{convert|30|mi}} to [[Medart, Florida|Medart]]. [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]], the state capital, is {{convert|54|mi}} to the northeast.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Carrabelle has a total area of {{convert|14.6|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|11.7|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|2.9|km2|order=flip}}, or 20.12%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1210725 |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Carrabelle city, Florida |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |work=American FactFinder |access-date=April 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213064349/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1210725 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Carrabelle is the eastern terminus of the [[Gulf Intracoastal Waterway]].