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.24 Counties and Parishes in the United States are named for Benjamin Franklin.
Snow on Franklin Mountains in El Paso
Old Main, Franklin & Marshall College, c. 1910
Benjamin Franklin Parkway, from the top of the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art .
Franklin Field , the football stadium at the University of Pennsylvania
Benjamin FranklinFounding Fathers of the United StatesState of FranklinTennesseeElizabethton, TennesseeFranklin County (disambiguation)Franklin County, AlabamaFranklin County, ArkansasFranklin County, FloridaFranklin County, GeorgiaFranklin County, IllinoisFranklin County, IndianaFranklin County, IowaFranklin County, KansasFranklin County, KentuckyFranklin Parish, LouisianaFranklin County, MaineFranklin County, MassachusettsFranklin County, MississippiFranklin County, MissouriFranklin County, NebraskaFranklin County, New YorkFranklin County, North CarolinaFranklin County, OhioFranklin County, PennsylvaniaFranklin County, TennesseeFranklin County, VermontFranklin County, VirginiaFranklin County, WashingtonFranklin Township (disambiguation)Franklin, AlabamaFranklin, ArkansasFranklin, Sacramento County, CaliforniaFranklin, ConnecticutFranklin Park, FloridaFranklin, GeorgiaFranklin, IllinoisFranklin, IndianaFranklin, IowaFranklin, KentuckyFranklin, LouisianaFranklinton, LouisianaFranklin, MaineFranklin, MassachusettsFranklin, MichiganFranklin, MinnesotaFranklin, MissouriFranklin, NebraskaFranklin, New HampshireFranklin, New JerseyFranklin Lakes, New JerseyFranklin Park, New JerseyFranklin, Delaware County, New YorkFranklin (village), New YorkFranklin, Franklin County, New YorkFranklinton, North CarolinaFranklin, OhioFranklin, Cambria County, PennsylvaniaFranklin, PennsylvaniaFranklin Park, PennsylvaniaFranklin, TennesseeFranklin, TexasFranklin, VermontFranklin, VirginiaFranklin, West VirginiaFranklin, Jackson County, WisconsinFranklin, Kewaunee County, WisconsinFranklin, Manitowoc County, WisconsinFranklin, Milwaukee County, WisconsinFranklin, Sauk County, WisconsinFranklin, Vernon County, WisconsinFranklintonMount FranklinWhite MountainsFranklin MountainsEl Paso, TexasMt Juliet, TennesseeFranklin CollegeLancaster, PennsylvaniaFranklin and Marshall CollegeYale UniversityFranklin College of Arts and SciencesUniversity of GeorgiaFranklin UniversityColumbus, OhioCharitéBenjamin Franklin Institute of TechnologyFranklin University SwitzerlandFranklin High School (disambiguation)Franklin High School (Elk Grove, California)Franklin High School (Los Angeles, California)Franklin High School (Stockton, California)Franklin County High SchoolRocky Mount, VAFranklin Central High SchoolIndianapolis, IndianaBenjamin 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)Rochester, New YorkFelicity-Franklin High SchoolFelicity, OhioFranklin High School (Franklin, Ohio)Franklin High School (Portland, Oregon)Benjamin Franklin High School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)Franklin Learning CenterPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaFranklin High School (Tennessee)Franklin High School (El Paso, Texas)Franklin High School (Virginia)Franklin High School (Seattle, Washington)Franklin High School (Franklin, Wisconsin)Vallejo, CaliforniaValparaiso, IndianaRidgewood, New JerseyTeaneck, New JerseyTonawanda, New YorkFargo, North DakotaRocky Mount, VirginiaFranklin County High School (Rocky Mount, Virginia)Reisterstown, MarylandJanesville, WisconsinFairfax County, VirginiaGlendale, CaliforniaMiami, FloridaTerre Haute, IndianaRochester, MinnesotaRoxbury, New JerseyKeene, New HampshireMenomonee Falls, WisconsinLawrencevilleNew JerseySummit, New JerseyBinghamton, New YorkPhiladelphia Museum of ArtYorktown Heights, New YorkGrand Forks, North DakotaBarcelonaDupont, PennsylvaniaKirkland, WashingtonWausau, WisconsinBen Franklin five and dime storesFranklin Mills MallFranklin Templeton InvestmentsFranklinCoveySalt Lake CityBenjamin Franklin BridgeBenjamin Franklin ParkwayU.S. Route 422Franklin StreetFranklin FieldUniversity of Pennsylvaniastudent centreChinese University of Hong KongFranklin craterThe Franklin Inn ClubFranklin InstituteFranklin Park, BostonFranklin Park ZooFranklin Park ConservatoryFirst Battle of FranklinSecond Battle of FranklinUSS FranklinFranklin (disambiguation)President of Pennsylvania (1785–1788)Ambassador to France (1779–1785)Second Continental Congress (1775–1776)Join, or Die. (1754 political cartoon)Albany Plan of UnionAlbany CongressHutchinson letters affairCommittee of Secret CorrespondenceCommittee of Five"...to be self-evident"Declaration of IndependenceModel TreatyFranco-American allianceTreaty of Amity and CommerceTreaty of AllianceStaten Island Peace Conference1776 Pennsylvania ConstitutionLibertas AmericanaTreaty of Paris, 1783Delegate, 1787 Constitutional ConventionPostmaster GeneralFounding FathersFranklin's electrostatic machineBifocalsFranklin stoveLightning rodKite experimentPay it forwardAssociators111th Infantry RegimentJunto clubAmerican Philosophical SocietyLibrary Company of PhiladelphiaPennsylvania HospitalAcademy and College of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia ContributionshipUnion Fire CompanyEarly American currencyContinental Currency dollar coinFugio centStreet lightingPresident, Pennsylvania Abolition SocietyMaster, Les Neuf SœursGravesiteThe Papers of Benjamin FranklinFounders OnlineSilence Dogood letters (1722)A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain (1725)The Busy-Body columns (1729)The Pennsylvania Gazette (1729–1790)Early American publishers and printersPoor Richard's Almanack (1732–1758)The Drinker's Dictionary (1737)"Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress" (1745)"The Speech of Polly Baker" (1747)Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc. (1751)Experiments and Observations on Electricity (1751)The Way to Wealth (1758)Pennsylvania Chronicle (1767)A Letter to a Royal Academy (1781)"The Morals of Chess" (1786)The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1771–1790, pub. 1791)Bagatelles and Satires (pub. 1845)Franklin's phonetic alphabetBibliographyFranklin CourtBenjamin Franklin HouseBenjamin Franklin National MemorialawardsBenjamin Franklin MedalRoyal Society of Arts medalDepicted in The Apotheosis of WashingtonMemorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of IndependenceTreaty of ParisBenjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the SkyRevolutionary War DoorBoston statueChicago statueColumbus, Ohio, statueUniversity of Pennsylvania statuePortland, Oregon, statueSan Francisco statueStanford University statueWashington D.C. statueRefunding CertificateFranklin half dollarOne-hundred-dollar billFranklin silver dollarWashington–Franklin stampsBenjamin Franklin CollegeSons of Ben (Philadelphia Union)Ships named USS FranklinBen Franklin effectIn popular cultureBen and Me (1953 short)Ben Franklin in Paris (1964 musical play)1776 (1969 musical1972 filmBenjamin Franklin (miniseries)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)Age of EnlightenmentAmerican EnlightenmentThe New-England CourantThe American Museum magazineAmerican RevolutionpatriotsSyng inkstandDeborah Read (wife)William Franklin (son)Francis Franklin (son)Sarah Franklin Bache (daughter)William Franklin (grandson)Benjamin F. Bache (grandson)Louis F. Bache (grandson)Richard Bache Jr. (grandson)Andrew Harwood (great-grandson)Alexander Bache (great-grandson)Josiah Franklin (father)James Franklin (brother)Jane Mecom (sister)Mary Morrell Folger (grandmother)Peter Folger (grandfather)Richard Bache (son-in-law)Ann Smith Franklin (sister-in-law)