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, Ontario, a former township in Norfolk County, Ontario

New Zealand

* Houghton Bay

South Africa

* Houghton Estate, a suburb of Johannesburg

United Kingdom

*Hanging Houghton, Northamptonshire *Houghton, Cambridgeshire *Houghton, Cumbria *Houghton, East Riding of Yorkshire *Houghton, Hampshire *Houghton, Norfolk *Houghton Saint Giles, Norfolk *Houghton, Northumberland, a List of United Kingdom locations: Hop-Ht#Hot-Hoy, location in the United Kingdom *Burton, Pembrokeshire, Houghton, Pembrokeshire *Houghton, West Sussex *Houghton-le-Side, Darlington *Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland *Houghton Park, 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 County, Michigan *Houghton Lake, Michigan, an unincorporated community *Houghton Lake (Michigan), a large lake *Houghton Township, Michigan *Houghton, New York *Houghton, South Dakota *Houghton, Washington *Houghton Point, a cape in Wisconsin *Houghton Point, Michigan, an unincorporated community Many of the places in the U.S. were named after geologist Douglass Houghton.

Buildings

* 36 Houghton Drive, 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, a Gothic fishing lodge in Hampshire, England

Other uses

* Houghton (surname) * Houghton (East Indiaman), ''Houghton'' (East Indiaman), five ships * Houghton College, a Christian liberal arts college in Houghton, New York * Houghton Elevator, a grain elevator in Clio, Michigan * Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, an American educational and trade publishing company * Houghton Winery, a vineyard in Western Australia * The Houghton family, American business family * Bev Houghton, fictional character in the Australian soap opera ''Number 96'' * Lurie–Houghton telescope, a catadioptric telescope * Ribes hirtellum, Houghton gooseberry cultivar