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Ben Franklin Texas Map

Explore Ben Franklin, Texas, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Ben Franklin, Texas

How to Use This Ben Franklin, Texas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Ben Franklin, Texas. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Texas or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Ben Franklin.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Ben Franklin
State	Texas (TX)
County	Delta County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	33.476774
Longitude	-95.768851
Population	280
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	75415
Area Code	972, 469
County Seat	Cooper

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About Ben Franklin, Texas

Ben Franklin is a locality in Delta County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Ben Franklin is located at 33.4768°N, 95.7689°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 75415.

Ben Franklin emerges from the quiet expanse of the Texas plains as a subtle collection of crossroads and fields, defined by the slow, deliberate movement of the wind across low-lying grasses. It lies 17.7 miles southwest of Paris, TX (from Paris, TX: bearing 224°T), and is situated 8.5 miles north-northwest of Cooper. The landscape remains largely uninterrupted, marked by the modest rise of Harpers Hill in the distance and the persistent, quiet presence of Ghost Creek, which meanders through the landscape just a mile away. The light here carries a particular, pale clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the horizon at dusk, turning the sky into a vast, unblinking canvas of indigo and gray. Beyond the immediate vicinity, the terrain holds a steady, grounded quality, far removed from the turbulence of the coast and defined instead by the seasonal cycles of the earth and the deep, silent cooling of the soil after a long day of heat.

Agricultural rhythms dictate the pulse of Ben Franklin, where the legacy of early settlement persists in the quiet endurance of its people and the persistence of local land use. While the economic pace remains subdued, the area retains a distinct sense of place, supported by nearby resources like the Cooper Recreation Area, which offers a rare pocket of managed natural space for those seeking to engage with the regional wildlife. Residents often look toward City Lakes when the summer heat demands a reprieve, finding in those waters a necessary respite from the dry, inland climate. Life in Ben Franklin proceeds with a focus on the tangible, favoring the steady work of the farm and the quiet observation of the changing seasons over the frantic velocity of modern industry.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cooper Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 8.3 mi, 160° S
Cooper Reservoir Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 160° S
Delta County Patterson Memorial Museum (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 149° SE
Cooper Rail Depot (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 149° SE
Nathaniel L. Corbet (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 147° SE
Texas Livery Stable (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 147° SE
Cooper Lake State Park - Doctors Creek Unit (State Park) — 9.9 mi, 152° SE
Flying Tigers Museum (Museum) — 11.2 mi, 029° NE
Caddo National Grassland (National Grassland) — 12.2 mi, 263° W · 18k acres
Caddo National Grassland-Ladonia (State Conservation Area) — 12.4 mi, 261° W
Cooper Lake State Park - South Sulphur Unit (State Park) — 13.6 mi, 164° S
Farm Service Agency Interest of TX (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.6 mi, 056° NE · 1,438 acres
Sunset Cove (Viewpoint) — 14.0 mi, 155° SE
Gambill Goose Refuge (Local Conservation Area) — 15.7 mi, 021° N
Gambill Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 16.7 mi, 023° NE
Valley of the Caddo Museum and Cultural Center (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 043° NE
Lamar County Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 043° NE
Lake Crook (Local Conservation Area) — 17.6 mi, 034° NE
Eiffel Tower (Attraction) — 18.1 mi, 051° NE
Planetarium (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 207° SW
Pat Mayse Lake (Recreation Area) — 23.2 mi, 015° N
Deer Statue (Public Artwork) — 32.0 mi, 219° SW
The Attic (Attraction) — 32.1 mi, 219° SW
Gamescape by Cinemark (Cinema) — 33.4 mi, 218° SW
Skydive Spaceland Dallas (Attraction) — 35.2 mi, 267° W
Oklahoma Awesome Adventures (Attraction) — 40.6 mi, 024° NE
Nation Theater (Theatre) — 49.1 mi, 284° W
Waterfowl Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 49.7 mi, 022° N
Ouachita National Forest (National Forest) — 61.4 mi, 067° NE · 1.8M acres
Little River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 63.7 mi, 060° NE · 28k acres

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