Housatonic may refer to:

Place names in the United States

* Housatonic, Massachusetts, a census-designated place in the town of Great Barrington *

Housatonic River The Housatonic River ( ) is a river, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 in western Massachusetts and western Connecticut in the United S ...

, a river in western Massachusetts and western Connecticut, and the source for other uses of the word *

Housatonic Valley The Housatonic River ( ) is a river, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 in western Massachusetts and western Connecticut in the United ...

, the valley and watershed of the Housatonic River

Schools

* Housatonic Community College, in Bridgeport, Connecticut * Housatonic Valley Regional High School, Falls Village, Connecticut

Transport

* Housatonic Railroad, a railroad that operated independently 1836–1892, as a subsidiary 1892–1970s, and a separate company started in 1983 in western Connecticut * SS ''Georgia'' (1890), a German passenger liner seized by the United States during World War I, renamed ''Housatonic'', and sunk by a German submarine * USS ''Housatonic'', three United States Navy vessels, including the first ship to be sunk by a submarine

Other uses

*Housatonic, a dialect of the Unami language *Housatonic (aka Housatannuck), reference to the Stockbridge Indians *Housatonic, an American nuclear weapon test of the Operation Dominic I and II series {{disambig, geo, ship