Franklin County Local Government

Franklin County is governed through a dual structure of a County Executive and County Commission. Incorporated towns within the county are governed by a mayor and council arrangement. Sewanee, an un-incorporated but major demographic area of the county, is directly chartered by the State of Tennessee and governed by a Board of Trustees.

Franklin County Officials (all phones are 615 area code)

County Executive	Clinton Williams	967-2905
Director of Budgets	Susan Wall	967-1279
County Attorney	Ben Lynch	967-2228
County Clerk	Nina Tucker	967-2541
Circuit Court Clerk	Nancy Silvertooth	967-2923
Superintendent/Education	Patty Priest	967-0626
Emergency Management	Robert White	967-4532
General Sessions Judge	David Marlowe	967-2089
Property Assessor	Philip Hayes	967-3869
Register of Deeds	Carolyn Amacher	967-2840
Superintendent/Roads	John Woodall	967-2755
Sheriff	Teddy McCallie	967-2331
County Trustee	Neil Bracken	967-2962

Most county government offices are located in the Franklin County Courthouse located in the center of the square in the center of Winchester in the center of the county.

Franklin County Mayors

City of Cowan	Chick Tucker	967-7318
City of Decherd	Otis Smith	967-5181
City of Estill Springs	Walter Garner	967-5188
City of Huntland	C. E. Johnson	469-0283
Sewanee	Samuel Williamson*	598-1101
City of Winchester	David Bean	967-2532

*Vice-Chancellor of the University and President of the Corporation

For addition information, consult the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce Business Directory.

Franklin County Chamber of Commerce
P. O. Box 280
Winchester, TN  37398
615-967-6788

Franklin County Zip Codes and Post Offices

Cowan	37318	967-7775
Decherd	37342	967-5395
Estill Springs	37330	649-5293
Huntland	37345	469-7651
Sewanee	37375	598-5979
Winchester	37398	967-2557
University of the South	37383	598-1102

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