Franklin

• In Canada Franklin is a district of the Northwest Territories, consisting of some of the Arctic islands: Banks and Prince Patrick islands, and parts of Victoria and Melville islands, and some smaller islands. It was named after the Arctic explorer, John Franklin. There is also a Fort Franklin, Northwest Territories.
• In New Zealand, the Franklin District is a municipality in the Auckland region, consisting of the towns of Pukekohe and Waiuku and four other wards.
• In the United States, there are quite a few places of that name, usually in honor of Benjamin Franklin:
  • There was a state of Franklin (1784-1789), in North Carolina, now eastern Tennessee;
  • Several states include a county named Franklin, including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington;
  • Several townships in Michigan, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania are named Franklin;
  • Several towns and cities are named Franklin, in Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, and New Jersey;
  • In New York there are two towns, one in Franklin County and one in Delaware County; there is also a village in Delaware County;
  • There are also towns and cities named Franklin in North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia; and
  • Several places in Wisconsin are called Franklin.

Franklin has a number of additional meanings:

• It is part of the centimeter-gram-second system of units, equal to one statcoulomb;
• It is the name of a sporting goods company and the consumer electronics company responsible for the eBookMan and REX 5000;
• It is a make of motor car;
• It is the name of a children's television series and a series of children's books; and
• It is the first black character in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.