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:
State of Franklin, a defunct state located in what is now northeastern Tennessee near present-day Elizabethton, Tennessee.
24 Counties and Parishes in the United States are named for Benjamin Franklin.
Mount Franklin, in New Hampshire's White Mountains
Franklin Mountains, El Paso, Texas
Franklin Mountains, northern Alaska
Benjamin Franklin Lake, Mt Juliet, Tennessee
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
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)
Franklin High School (North Carolina)
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 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)
Franklin Elementary School, Janesville, Wisconsin
Benjamin Franklin Middle School, Rocky Mount, Virginia
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Miami, Florida
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
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
Ben Franklin five and dime stores
Franklin Mills Mall (now Philadelphia Mills Mall)
Franklin Templeton Investments
Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Franklin Street, Baltimore, Maryland
Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts
Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Franklin Street, Portland, Maine
Franklin Street, Richmond, Virginia
The Franklin crater on the Moon
Franklin Field, the football stadium at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Franklin Institute
Franklin Park, Boston
Franklin Park Zoo
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
