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
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Snow on Franklin Mountains in El Paso
- Mount Franklin, in New Hampshire's White Mountains
- Franklin Mountains, El Paso, Texas
- Franklin Mountains, northern Alaska
- Benjamin Franklin Lake, Mt Juliet, Tennessee
Schools
Colleges and universities
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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)
- Benjamin Franklin High School(Queen Creek, Arizona)
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, 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
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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
- Benjamin Franklin Plumbing
Transportation
- Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Franklin Street, 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
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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 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
- ^ "Town of Franklin - Franklin Massachusetts", 08 March 2016, Retrieved on 03 August 2016.