List of places named for Benjamin Franklin

There are many places and institutions named for Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. These include counties, municipalities (that is, towns and cities), geologic features, colleges and universities, high schools, middle schools, elementary schools, businesses, transportation ways, and a proposed U.S. state.

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
  • Benjamin Franklin Lake, Mt Juliet, Tennessee

Schools

Colleges and universities

Old Main, Franklin & Marshall College, c. 1910

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 County High School, (Rocky Mount, VA)
  • 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

Elementary schools

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

Businesses

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

Franklin Field, the football stadium at the University of Pennsylvania

See also

  • Franklin (disambiguation)
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Legacy
In popular culture
  • Ben and Me (1953 short)
  • Ben Franklin in Paris (1964 musical play)
  • 1776 (1969 musical
  • 1972 film)
  • Benjamin Franklin (miniseries) (1972)
  • A More Perfect Union (1989 film)
  • Liberty! (1997 documentary series)
  • Liberty's Kids (2002 animated series)
  • Benjamin Franklin (2002 documentary series)
  • John Adams (2008 miniseries)
  • Sons of Liberty (2015 miniseries)
  • Benjamin Franklin (2022 documentary)
  • Franklin (2024 miniseries)
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References

  1. ^ "Town of Franklin - Franklin Massachusetts", 08 March 2016, Retrieved on 03 August 2016.