Houghton may refer to:

Places

Australia

* Houghton, South Australia, a town near Adelaide *

Houghton Highway The Houghton Highway is a reinforced concrete viaduct, the second bridge to be built across Hays Inlet at Bramble Bay connecting the cities of Redcliffe and Brisbane in Queensland, Australia (the first bridge was the Hornibrook Bridge). T ...

, the longest bridge in Australia, between Redcliffe and Brisbane in Queensland *

Houghton Island (Queensland) Houghton Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and the easternmost island in the Cole Islands group and National Park. It is located approximately 100 km south-east of Cape Melville, Queensland and measures approximately 73 hecta ...

Canada

Houghton Township, Ontario Norfolk County is a rural single-tier municipality on the north shore of Lake Erie in Southwestern Ontario, Canada with a 2016 population of 67,490. Despite its name, it is no longer a county by definition, as all municipal services are handled b ...

, a former township in Norfolk County, Ontario

New Zealand

Houghton Bay Houghton Bay and Valley is one of the southern suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand. It is located between Island Bay and Lyall Bay, on the rocky shores of the Cook Strait. It has two beaches, Houghton Bay and Princess Bay, used by surfers, swi ...

South Africa

Houghton Estate Houghton Estate, often simply called Houghton is an affluent suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, north-east of the city centre. It is best known for being the home of Nelson Mandela. History Houghton was developed as a residential area around ...

, a suburb of Johannesburg

United Kingdom

Hanging Houghton Hanging Houghton is a small village in West Northamptonshire in England. It is on the A508 road between Brixworth and Lamport, in the civil parish of Lamport. The villages name means 'Houghton (= hill-spur farm/settlement) on a steep slope'. ...

, Northamptonshire * Houghton, Cambridgeshire *

Houghton, Cumbria Houghton is a commuter village to the north of Carlisle within the City of Carlisle district of Cumbria, England. It has a sub post office/grocers shop; Restaurant ; hairdressers; a village hall, a school for Key Stage 1 & 2 pupils and a St. Jo ...

* Houghton, East Riding of Yorkshire *

Houghton, Hampshire Houghton ( ) is a small village and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. The village is situated alongside the River Test. Its nearest town is Stockbridge, which lies approximately 1.8 miles (3 km) to the north-eas ...

* Houghton, Norfolk * Houghton Saint Giles, Norfolk * Houghton, Northumberland, a location in the United Kingdom *

Houghton, Pembrokeshire Houghton is a village in the parish and community of Burton in south Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is north of Burton village. Burton Jubilee Hall Burton Jubilee Hall in Houghton is the venue for community council meetings. The hall was establishe ...

Houghton, West Sussex Houghton () is a low-population, linear settlement with a large elevated tract of land which is mostly wooded and two main farms forming its civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It is on the River Arun, where it has a br ...

* Houghton-le-Side, Darlington *

Houghton-le-Spring Houghton-le-Spring ( ) is a town in the City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, North East England which has its recorded origins in Norman times. Historically in County Durham, it is now administered as part of the Tyne and Wear county. It is s ...

, Sunderland *

Houghton Park Houghton Park is a neighborhood in North Long Beach, California. Houghton Park is bounded by Orange Avenue to the east, Atlantic Avenue to the west, Artesia Boulevard to the north, and Harding Street to the south. History Three acres of land ...

, Houghton-le-Spring * Houghton Bank, Darlington * Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire * Houghton on the Hill, Leicestershire * Houghton on the Hill, Norfolk * Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire * New Houghton, Derbyshire * Little Houghton (disambiguation) * Great Houghton (disambiguation)

United States

* Houghton, Iowa *

Houghton, Michigan Houghton (; ) is the largest city and seat of government of Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located on the Keweenaw Peninsula, Houghton is the largest city in the Copper Country region. It is the fifth-largest city in the Uppe ...

* Houghton County, Michigan *

Houghton Lake, Michigan Houghton Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Roscommon County in the U.S. state of Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper ...

, an unincorporated community * Houghton Lake (Michigan), a large lake *

Houghton Township, Michigan Houghton Township is a civil township of Keweenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 103 at the 2020 census. The township consists of a mainland portion of the Keweenaw Peninsula and the county seat of Eagle River, as w ...

* Houghton, New York * Houghton, South Dakota *

Houghton, Washington Houghton is one of the lakeside neighborhoods of the city of Kirkland, Washington. Consisting mostly of upscale, single-family homes, Houghton overlooks Lake Washington and is one of the wealthier districts of the Eastside suburbs of Seattle. ...

Houghton Point Houghton Point is a cape in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, in the United States. History Houghton Point was named for Douglass Houghton, an explorer of the Keweenaw Peninsula The Keweenaw Peninsula ( , sometimes locally ) is the northernmost part ...

, a cape in Wisconsin *

Houghton Point, Michigan Houghton may refer to: Places Australia * Houghton, South Australia, a town near Adelaide * Houghton Highway, the longest bridge in Australia, between Redcliffe and Brisbane in Queensland * Houghton Island (Queensland) Canada * Houghton Township ...

, an unincorporated community Many of the places in the U.S. were named after geologist Douglass Houghton.

Buildings

36 Houghton Drive 36 Houghton Drive is one of a pair of buildings (Stands 1123 and 1125) situated in the suburb of Houghton, Johannesburg with fine craftsmanship in the Arts and Crafts manner. The buildings were designed in 1919 by the architect Piercy Patrick Ea ...

, a building in Arts and Crafts style in Houghton, Johannesburg * Houghton Hall, a stately home in Norfolk, England (Walpole seat) * Houghton Hall, East Riding of Yorkshire, a country house in Yorkshire, England * Houghton House, a ruined country house in Bedfordshire, England *

Houghton Lodge Houghton Lodge is a Grade II* listed house on the River Test in Hampshire, England which was built in the 1790s, probably intended as a fishing lodge. The architect is more than likely John Plaw, a disciple of John Nash for the Barnard family. ...

, a Gothic fishing lodge in Hampshire, England

Other uses

Houghton (surname) Houghton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Houghton (1310–1389), English or Welsh, Bishop of St. David's, Lord Chancellor of England * Alice Houghton (1849-1920), Canadian-born American broker * Amo Houghton (1926–2 ...

* ''Houghton'' (East Indiaman), five ships * Houghton College, a Christian liberal arts college in Houghton, New York *

Houghton Elevator The Houghton Elevator was a grain elevator located at 315 West Vienna Street in Clio, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The site is now home to Dotty's Feed and Pet Supply; the original elevator buildings ...

, a grain elevator in Clio, Michigan *

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (; HMH) is an American publisher of textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, reference works, and fiction and non-fiction for both young readers and adults. The company is based in the Financial Dist ...

, an American educational and trade publishing company * Houghton Winery, a vineyard in Western Australia * The Houghton family, American business family *

Bev Houghton ''Number 96'' is an Australian primetime soap opera that aired on Network 10, 0-10 Network (the forerunner of what is now Network Ten) from 13 March 1972 to 11 August 1977, broadcast in the primetime slot of 8:30 pm every weeknight. The premie ...

, fictional character in the Australian soap opera ''Number 96'' *

Lurie–Houghton telescope The Houghton telescope or Lurie–Houghton telescope is a catadioptric telescope. Houghton's original design was patented in 1944. Instead of the fairly hard to make Schmidt corrector plate, Schmidt and heavy meniscus corrector, meniscus (Maksutov) ...

, a catadioptric telescope * Houghton gooseberry cultivar