Houghton may refer to:

Places

Australia

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

* 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 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 ...

, Darlington *

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, 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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

* 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 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