Ben Franklin, Texas

Unincorporated community in Texas, United States

Ben Franklin, Texas

Unincorporated community

Ben Franklin United Methodist Church in October 2015

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Coordinates: 33°28′36″N 95°46′08″W﻿ / ﻿33.47667°N 95.76889°W﻿ / 33.47667; -95.76889
Country| United States
State| Texas
County| Delta
Elevation

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| 486 ft (148 m)
Time zone| UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)| 903 & 430
GNIS feature ID| 1351867[1]

Ben Franklin is an unincorporated community in Delta County, Texas, United States.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas,[citation needed] the community had a population of 75 in 2000.

## History

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The population was 75 in 2010 and 2017.[2]

The local Methodist church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]

On April 2, 1957, an F2 tornado destroyed six homes and damaged several others in Ben Franklin. Two people were injured and losses totaled $25,000. This and a previous event may have belonged to the same family. Grazulis listed the tornado as the same as the Ambia–Harmon F2s, considering all three to be a 30-mile-long (48 km) F3 event. One death was reported.[4]

## Geography

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Ben Franklin is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 38 and 128 on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, 4 mi (6.4 km) northeast of Pecan Gap, 11 mi (18 km) north of Cooper, 16 mi (26 km) southwest of Paris, and 77 mi (124 km) northeast of Dallas in northwestern Delta County.[2]

## Notable person

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* Floyd Weaver, Major League Baseball pitcher.[5]

## References

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1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ben Franklin, Texas
2. ^ a b "Ben Franklin, Texas". Texas Escapes Online Magazine. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
3. ^ "Details for Methodist Church: Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5119006941". Texas Historical Commission.
4. ^ "Storm Events Database #10122252". NOAA.
5. ^ "Floyd Weaver". Baseball Reference.

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Municipalities and communities of Delta County, Texas, United States

County seat: Cooper

Cities|

* Cooper
* Pecan Gap‡

Delta County map

Unincorporated
communities|

* Antioch
* Ben Franklin
* Charleston
* Crossroads
* East Delta
* Enloe
* Horton
* Jot Em Down
* Kensing
* Klondike
* Lake Creek
* Pacio
* Rattan
* Vasco
* Yowell

Ghost towns|

* Friendship
* Gough
* Liberty Grove
* Mount Joy
* Needmore
* Post Oak
* Prattville
* Price
* West Delta

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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