Ben Franklin is an unincorporated community in Delta County, Texas, United States.
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 F3 event. One death was reported.
Geography
Ben Franklin is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 38 and 128 on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, northeast of Pecan Gap, north of Cooper, southwest of Paris, and northeast of Dallas in northwestern Delta County.
Notable person
- Mule Dowell, NFL player
- Floyd Weaver, Major League Baseball pitcher.