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
Geologic features
Schools
Colleges and universities
- 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)
- Franklin County High School (Brookville, Indiana)
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 â see also Franklin County High School (Rocky Mount, Virginia) (above)
- Franklin Middle School, Reisterstown, Maryland â 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 Elementary School, Miami, Florida
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary School Terre Haute, Indiana
- Franklin Elementary School, Reisterstown, Maryland â 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 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
See also
References