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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
Counties
24 Counties and Parishes in the United States are named for Benjamin Franklin.
Franklin County, Alabama
Franklin County, Arkansas
Franklin County, Florida
Franklin County, Georgia
Franklin County, Illinois
Franklin County, Indiana
Franklin County, Iowa
Franklin County, Kansas
Franklin County, Kentucky
Franklin Parish, Louisiana
Franklin County, Maine
Franklin County, Massachusetts
Franklin County, Mississippi
Franklin County, Missouri
Franklin County, Nebraska
Franklin County, New York
Franklin County, North Carolina
Franklin County, Ohio
Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Franklin County, Tennessee
Franklin County, Vermont
Franklin County, Virginia
Franklin County, Washington
Municipalities
Franklin, Alabama
Franklin, Arkansas
Franklin, California
Franklin, Connecticut
Franklin Park, Florida
Franklin, Georgia
Franklin, Illinois
Franklin, Indiana
Franklin, Iowa
Franklin, Kentucky
Franklin, Louisiana
Franklinton, Louisiana
Franklin, Maine
Franklin, Massachusetts , the first town in the US named for Benjamin Franklin
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Franklin, Michigan
Franklin, Minnesota
Franklin, Missouri
Franklin, Nebraska
Franklin, New Hampshire
Franklin, New Jersey
Franklin Lakes, New Jersey
Franklin Park, New Jersey
Franklin, New York
Franklinton, North Carolina
Franklin, Ohio
Franklin, Pennsylvania
Franklin Park, Pennsylvania
Franklin, Tennessee
Franklin, Texas
Franklin, Vermont
Franklin, Virginia
Franklin, West Virginia
Franklin, Jackson County, Wisconsin
Franklin, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin
Franklin, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
Franklin, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Franklin, Sauk County, Wisconsin
Franklin, Vernon County, Wisconsin
Franklinton , neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio
Geologic features
Snow on Franklin Mountains in El Paso
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 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
Benjamin Franklin Middle School,
Vallejo, California
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
Benjamin Franklin Middle School ,
Rocky Mount, Virginia – see also
Franklin County High School (Rocky Mount, Virginia) (above)
Franklin Middle School,
Reisterstown, Maryland – see also
Franklin High School (Reisterstown, Maryland) (above)
Franklin Middle School, (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
Franklin Middle School,
Janesville, Wisconsin
Franklin Middle School,
Fairfax County, Virginia
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
Franklin Elementary School,
Roxbury, New Jersey
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
Franklin Elementary School,
Wausau, Wisconsin
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
Founding of the United States Inventions, other events Writings Legacy Related Family
References