title: Houghton
text: # 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
  