List of places named for Benjamin Franklin

There are many places named for Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. There are a total of 151 places and institutions listed here: 1 state, 32 counties, 50 municipalities (that is, towns and cities), 3 geologic features, 6 colleges and universities, 23 high schools, 8 middle schools, 14 elementary schools (that is 51 schools in all), 2 businesses, 3 transportation ways, and 9 other things. Among these are:

Territories[]

• State of Franklin, a defunct state located in what is now northeastern Tennessee near present-day Elizabethton, Tennessee.

Counties[]

24 Counties and Parishes in the United States are named for Benjamin Franklin.

Municipalities[]

Geologic features[]

Snow on Franklin Mountains in El Paso

• Mount Franklin, in New Hampshire's White Mountains
• Franklin Mountains, El Paso, Texas
• Franklin Mountains, northern Alaska
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Schools[]

Colleges and universities[]

Old Main, Franklin & Marshall College, c. 1910

• Franklin College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, established 1787; now Franklin and Marshall College
• Franklin College, in Franklin, Indiana
• Franklin College, a residential college at Yale University
• Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia (in its earliest days, before the university contained multiple colleges, the entire institution was referred to as Franklin)
• Franklin University, in Columbus, Ohio
• Campus Benjamin Franklin, a part of the Charité, Berlin, Germany
• Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts
• Franklin University Switzerland in Lugano, Switzerland

Elementary, middle, and high schools[]

High schools[]

• Franklin High School (Elk Grove, California)
• Franklin High School (Los Angeles, California)
• Franklin High School (Stockton, California)
• Franklin Central High School, (Indianapolis, Indiana)
• Franklin Senior High School, (Franklin, Louisiana)
• Benjamin Franklin High School (New Orleans, Louisiana)
• Franklin High School (Reisterstown, Maryland)
• Franklin High School (Massachusetts)
• Franklin High School (Livonia, Michigan)
• Franklin High School (New Hampshire)
• Franklin High School (New Jersey)
• Benjamin Franklin High School (Rochester, New York)
• Felicity-Franklin High School (Felicity, Ohio)
• Franklin High School (Franklin, Ohio)
• Franklin High School (Portland, Oregon)
• Benjamin Franklin High School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• Franklin Learning Center, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• Franklin Towne Charter High School, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• Franklin High School (Tennessee)
• Franklin High School (El Paso, Texas)
• Franklin High School (Virginia)
• Franklin High School (Seattle, Washington)
• Franklin High School (Franklin, Wisconsin)

Middle schools[]

• Benjamin Franklin Middle School, Vallejo, California
• Franklin Middle School, Reisterstown, Maryland – see also Franklin High School (Reisterstown, Maryland) (above)
• Benjamin Franklin Middle School, Valparaiso, Indiana
• Benjamin Franklin Middle School, Ridgewood, New Jersey
• Benjamin Franklin Middle School, Teaneck, New Jersey
• Benjamin Franklin Middle School, Tonawanda, New York
• Benjamin Franklin Middle School, Fargo, North Dakota
• Franklin Middle School, Fairfax County, Virginia
• Franklin Middle School, Janesville, Wisconsin

Franklin Middle School, (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

Elementary schools[]

• Franklin Elementary School, Franklin, Connecticut

• Franklin Elementary School, Janesville, Wisconsin
• Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Glendale, California
• Benjamin Franklin Middle School, Rocky Mount, Virginia
• Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Miami, Florida
• Benjamin Franklin Elementary School Terre Haute, Indiana
• Franklin Elementary School, Reisterstown, Maryland – see also Franklin High School (Reisterstown, Maryland) (above)
• Franklin Elementary, Rochester, Minnesota
• Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Keene, New Hampshire
• Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
• Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
• Franklin Elementary School, Summit, New Jersey
• Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Binghamton, New York

Benjamin Franklin Parkway, from the top of the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

• Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Yorktown Heights, New York
• Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Grand Forks, North Dakota
• Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Benjamin Franklin International School Barcelona
• Ben Franklin Kindergarten Center, Dupont, Pennsylvania
• Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Kirkland, Washington

Businesses[]

• Ben Franklin five and dime stores
• Franklin Mills Mall (now Philadelphia Mills Mall)
• Franklin Templeton Investments

Transportation[]

• Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• U.S. Route 422 in Pennsylvania is named the Benjamin Franklin Highway
• Franklin Street, Baltimore, Maryland
• Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts
• Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• Franklin Street, Portland, Maine
• Franklin Street, Richmond, Virginia

Other[]

Franklin Field, the football stadium at the University of Pennsylvania

• Benjamin Franklin Centre, the student centre at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
• The Franklin crater on the Moon
• Franklin Field, the football stadium at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
• The Franklin Inn Club, one of the four historic gentlemen's clubs in Philadelphia's Center City and was the first to open membership to women in Philadelphia.
• Franklin Institute, a major science museum in Philadelphia, which includes a Planetarium
• Franklin Park, Boston
  • Franklin Park Zoo
• Franklin Park Conservatory
• First Battle of Franklin, an American Civil War battle
• Second Battle of Franklin, an American Civil War battle
• Several ships named USS Franklin

See also[]

• Franklin (disambiguation)

References[]