Prior to 1720, English Mustard powder was ground up coarse, to make a mustard as coarse as Meaux mustard still is today. In 1720, though, a woman named Mrs Clement, who lived in Durham, starting grinding her mustard seed very smoothly: she put her ground seed through a mill, then sieved them to remove the hulls.
The 2014 Houghton, Michigan, population is 7,692. There are 1,730 people per square mile (population density). The median age is 21.5. The US median is 37.2. 23.25% of people in Houghton, Michigan, are married. 4.50% are divorced. The average household size is 2.37 people. 32.34% of people are married, with children. 9.35% have children, but are single.
Houghton Lake is an unincorporated community in Roscommon Township, Roscommon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The Census Bureau has defined a census-designated place (CDP) for statistical purposes with the same name. The population was 3,749 at the 2000 census. The community is situated on the southwest shore of Houghton Lake, Michigan's largest inland lake. The CDP includes the nearby community of Houghton Lake Heights, which is about one mile southwest along the shore of the lake.