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Australia

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Houghton, South Australia Houghton is a small town near Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the Adelaide Hills, in the City of Tea Tree Gully and the Adelaide Hills Council local government areas between Tea Tree Gully, South Australia, Tea Tree Gully and Inglewo ...
, 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

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Houghton Estate Houghton Estate, often simply called Houghton, is an affluent suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, north-east of the city centre. The area was designated for white residents as part of the Group Areas Act during the apartheid era and became kno ...
, 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 Houghton-le-Side is a small village in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles to the south-west of Newton Aycliffe. Details are now maintained within the parish of Walworth ...
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Houghton-le-Spring Houghton-le-Spring ( ) is a town in the Sunderland district, in Tyne and Wear, 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 lies betw ...
, Sunderland * Houghton Park, Houghton-le-Spring * Houghton Bank, Darlington *
Houghton Conquest Houghton Conquest is a village and civil parish located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The parish also includes the hamlet of How End. History In the Domesday Book of 1086, Adeliza de Grandmesnil was tenant-in ...
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Houghton on the Hill Houghton on the Hill is a village and civil parish lying to the east of Leicester in the Harborough district, in Leicestershire, East Midlands in England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,524. An entry for Hough ...
, Leicestershire *
Houghton on the Hill, Norfolk Houghton on the Hill is a deserted medieval village and former civil parish, now in the parish of North Pickenham in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England, notable for its Grade I listed church. The only surviving buildings are a farm a ...
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Houghton Regis Houghton Regis is a market town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Bidwell, Thorn and Sewell. Houghton Regis, together with its contiguous neighbours of Dunsta ...
, Bedfordshire *
New Houghton New Houghton is a former mining village in the Bolsover District Derbyshire, of Derbyshire, England, from both Bolsover and Mansfield. Governance It lies within the civil parish of Pleasley. It is administered as part of the District of Bolso ...
, Derbyshire *
Little Houghton (disambiguation) Little Houghton may refer to the following places in England: *Little Houghton, Northamptonshire Little Houghton is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, located about east of Northampton. At the time of the 2001 census, ...
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Great Houghton (disambiguation) Great Houghton may refer to: *Great Houghton, Northamptonshire Great Houghton is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. The village lies on the edge of Northampton North ...


United States

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Houghton, Iowa Houghton is a city in Lee County, Iowa, Lee County, Iowa, United States. The population was 141 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Fort Madison–Keokuk, IA-IL-MO Micropolitan Statistical Area, Fort Madison-Keokuk Mi ...
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Houghton, Michigan Houghton (; ) is the largest city and county seat of Houghton County, Michigan, 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-larges ...
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Houghton County, Michigan Houghton County (; ) is a County (United States), county in the Upper peninsula, Upper Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 37,361. The county seat and largest city is Ho ...
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Houghton Lake, Michigan Houghton Lake (; ) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Roscommon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,294 during the 2020 census, making it the largest unincorporated community in Northern ...
, an unincorporated community * Houghton Lake (Michigan), a large lake * Houghton Township, Michigan *
Houghton, New York Houghton is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in the Town of Caneadea in Allegany County, western New York, United States. The population was 1,693 at the 2010 census. Geography Houghton is located at (42.4270,-78.1557). Accordin ...
* 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 Houghton University is a Private university, private Christian liberal arts college in Houghton, New York, United States. Houghton was founded in 1883 by Willard J. Houghton and is affiliated with the Wesleyan Church.Houghton Elevator, a grain elevator in Clio, Michigan *
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company ( ; HMH) is an American publisher of textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, and reference works. The company is based in the Financial District, Boston, Boston Financial District. It was fo ...
, 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 may refer to: Places Antarctica * Horton Glacier, Adelaide Island, Antarctica * Horton Ledge, Queen Elizabeth Land, Antarctica Australia * Horton, Queensland, a town and locality in the Bundaberg Region * Horton River (Australia), ...
* Horton (surname) {{disambiguation, geo