Land for Sale in Franklin County, Missouri
Whitetail Properties · Justin Head & Ryan Record
Franklin County is one of the most accessible and diverse pieces of countryside in Missouri — close enough to St. Louis to commute in, far enough out to feel like the country, and stitched together with the kind of rolling hardwood ridges, creek bottoms, and family farms that drew the first European settlers to this stretch of the Missouri River valley two centuries ago. Whether you’re looking for a managed hunting tract along the Bourbeuse, a working farm near Union or Washington, or a weekend retreat near Sullivan and the edge of the Ozarks, Franklin County land has something most other Missouri counties don’t: real proximity to a major metro and a real, working land economy.
Justin Head lives in rural Franklin County. He serves as Chairman of the Franklin County Board of Zoning Adjustment, sits on the Franklin County Industrial Development Authority, and is a Director of St. Clair Bancshares, the holding company for Farmers & Merchants Bank in St. Clair. When you list or buy land in this county with us, you’re working with someone who knows the courthouse staff, the planning office, the local bankers, and the neighbors near your property line.
What Franklin County Land Is Known For
- Easy access to St. Louis — most of the county is 30 to 60 minutes from the metro, drawing buyers who want acreage without giving up city access
- The Bourbeuse and Meramec Rivers — some of the best smallmouth bass water in the state runs through this county
- Wine country — the Missouri Rhineland and the Hermann AVA touch the northern part of the county; vineyards and tasting rooms support a strong tourism economy
- A real working farm community — cattle, hay, row crop, and an active 4-H and FFA culture rooted in towns like Union, Washington, Pacific, St. Clair, Sullivan, and New Haven
- Hunting — whitetail and turkey populations are strong, with managed habitat throughout the river bottoms and timber ridges
Property Types Common in Franklin County
- Hunting tracts — managed for whitetail and turkey, often along creek bottoms or in mature hardwood timber
- Working farms — cattle pasture, hay ground, and row crop, often family-owned for multiple generations
- Recreational acreage — weekend retreats with cabin sites, ATV/UTV access, and water features
- Timber tracts — hardwood ridges with marketable standing timber
- Rural homesites — smaller acreage parcels for buyers wanting a country home with privacy
Why List Your Franklin County Land With Us
Franklin County is the most competitive market in our service area — lots of agents are willing to take a Franklin County listing because the buyer pool is large. The catch is that most of those agents are residential agents who don’t understand land. Listing your land with someone who has only sold houses is how rural property sits on the market for years.
Justin Head spent 20 years as a Franklin County real estate attorney and was previously President and CEO of a Franklin County title company. He has overseen thousands of land transactions in this county. Combined with Ryan Record’s 19 years as a working real estate agent and the marketing reach of Whitetail Properties, you get the most experienced land team this county has — with the local relationships to back it up.
Talk to a Local Land Agent
Justin Head · 573.308.7376 · justin.head@whitetailproperties.com
Ryan Record · 573.259.6360 · ryan.record@whitetailproperties.com
Things to Do in Franklin County
Even if you are not buying or selling land yet, Franklin County has a lot worth coming for. A few of our guides:
Other Counties We Serve
Ozarks Land Report covers five Missouri counties. Whether your property sits across the line in another county we serve, or you are searching for land in a different part of the Ozarks, here is where else we work: