Definition of "Houghton"

A common placename:

1. A number of places in the United Kingdom:

   1. A village in Houghton and Wyton parish, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL281724).  examples

   2. A village in Stanwix Rural parish, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY407593).  examples

   3. A hamlet in Sancton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE886392).  examples

   4. A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU341143).  examples

   5. A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF789288).  examples

   6. A hamlet in Heddon-on-the-Wall parish, southern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1266).  examples

   7. A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ017411).  examples

   8. A village in Burton community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9807).  examples

2. A town near Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.  examples

3. A number of places in the United States:

   1. A minor city in Lee County, Iowa.  examples

   2. A city, the county seat of Houghton County, Michigan, on the Upper Peninsula.  examples

   3. A township in Keweenaw County, Michigan.  examples

   4. A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Caneadea, Allegany County, New York.  examples

   5. An unincorporated community in Brown County, South Dakota.  examples

   6. A neighbourhood of the city of Kirkland, Washington.  examples

A habitational surname from Old English.  examples