| Official Name: | Ben Franklin, Texas |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Ben Franklin |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Delta |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 486 |
| Coordinates: | 33.4764°N -95.7686°W |
| Postal Code: | 75415 |
| Area Code: | 903 & 430 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 1351867 |
Ben Franklin is an unincorporated community in Delta County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 75 in 2000.
The population was 75 in 2010 and 2017.
The local Methodist church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
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 30adj=midNaNadj=mid F3 event. One death was reported.[2]
Ben Franklin is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 38 and 128 on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, 4miles northeast of Pecan Gap, 11miles north of Cooper, 16miles southwest of Paris, and 77miles northeast of Dallas in northwestern Delta County.[3]