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 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