Houghton

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 location in the United Kingdom
• 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), 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
• Houghton gooseberry cultivar

See also

• Haughton (disambiguation)
• Hoghton (disambiguation)
• Horton (disambiguation)
• Horton (surname)