List of places named for Benjamin Franklin

Summary

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 edit

Counties edit

24 Counties and Parishes in the United States are named for Benjamin Franklin.

Municipalities edit

Geologic features edit

 
Snow on Franklin Mountains in El Paso

Schools edit

Colleges and universities edit

 
Old Main, Franklin & Marshall College, c. 1910

Elementary, middle, and high schools edit

High schools edit

Middle schools edit

Elementary schools edit

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

Businesses edit

Transportation edit

Other edit

 
Franklin Field, the football stadium at the University of Pennsylvania

See also edit

References edit

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