Haughtonville, NJ (until 1894, now Colonia, NJ, after a local farmer
named Haughton)
Houghton Memorial Library, Huntingdon College, 1500 E. Fairview Ave.,
Montgomery, AL
Houghton Elementary School, near Fresno CA (also Houghton School
District)
Houghton, Fresno Co., CA
Houghton Creek, Cobb, CA
Houghton Ave., Corning, CA
Houghton College, Augusta, GA
Houghton State Bank, Red Oak, IA
Houghton, Lee Co., IA
Houghton Memorial Chapel, at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Houghton Elementary School, North Adams, MA
Houghton, Houghton Co., MI:
(Houghton Co., MI, Organized 1846; Reorganized 1848;
New and Complete Gazetteer of the U.S. (1854), p.501
HOUGHTON, ho´ ton, an unorganized county of Michigan, in the N.
W. part of the upper peninsula, bordering on Lake Superior; area
estimated at 1200 square miles. Its outline is deeply indented by
Keweenaw bay, and it is drained by Sturgeon river, The surface is
uneven. The county is remarkably rich in minerals, including copper,
silver, and iron. Mines of copper are worked in several places. The
census of 1850 furnishes no statistics of this county excepting the
population—708. Named in honor of Prof. Douglas Houghton,
formerly state geologist of Michigan.
New and Complete Gazetteer of the U.S. (1854), p.501
Houghton, a post-office of Houghton county, Michigan.
Houghton Co., MI: (named after Prof. Douglas Houghton, (1809-1845),
(state geologist of MI, physician and surgeon, Detroit mayor
1842-43): The city of Houghton is located in the Upper Peninsula of
Michigan, in Portage Township, Houghton County. Houghton is the oldest
town in the Copper Country and it's the county seat. It was named after
Dr. Douglass Houghton, Michigan's first state geologist. )
Houghton Lake, MI, an unincorporated community
Houghton Lake, MI, a large lake
Houghton Township, MI
Houghton Lake, Roscommon Co., MI
Houghton Lake Heights, Roscommon Co., MI
Houghton Memorial Park in Amory, MS
Houghton, Brown Co., ND
Houghton Memorial Masonic Temple, Hampton, NE
Houghtonville, NJ
Houghton Hall, Yale University, NJ
Houghton, Allegany Co., NY
Houghton Ave, Bronx, NY
Houghton, Allegany Co., NY: (settled in April 1836 by Luther Houghton
(b. NH 1769))
Houghton Academy (founded by Willard J. Houghton), Houghton, NY
Willard J. Houghton Memorial Library, at Houghton College, NY
Houghton College, Houghton, NY, a Christian college of Liberal arts and
sciences
Houghton Lake, OH
Houghton, Brown Co., SD : (sounds like Huffton), located 19 m. north on
281 and 23 m. east on Hwy 10. NE of Aberdeen
Houghtonville, Windham, VT
Houghton Cemetery, Bennington Co., VT
Houghton Street, North Bennington, VT
Houghton, King Co., WA (HO-tuhn)
Houghton, WA (now Kirkland WA)
Houghton Beach, Lake Washington Boulevard, Kirkland, WA (town of
Houghton, WA was named after Sarah Jane Topliff Houghton of Boston MA)
Houghtonburg, WI
Houghton Point, Bayfield Co., near Ashland, WI
U.S.
Cemeteries
Houghton Cemetery, Benton Co., IA
Houghton Cemetery, Martin Co., IN
Houghton Lake Cemetery, Houghton Lake, Roscommon Co.,
MI
Houghton Cemetery, Jefferson Co., NY
Houghton Cemetery, Houghton, Brown Co., SD
Houghton Cemetery, Putney, Windham Co., VT
Houghton Cemetery, Bennington Co., VT
Houghtonville Cem. (Grafton), Windham Co., VT
Houghtonburg Cemetery, Alma Center, Jackson County, WI
Haughton Cemetery in Haughton, LA
Australia
Houghton, South Australia, a town near Adelaide
Houghton Highway, the longest bridge in Australia, between Redcliffe
and Brisbane in Queensland
Houghton Island (Queensland)
Houghton Winery is one of the earliest established vineyards and
wineries (1836) in Western Australia. It is situated on Great
Northern Highway in the Swan Valley near Upper Swan.
Canada
Houghton Town, a former township in Norfolk Col, Ontario, Canada
Houghton Co., Canada
Houghton, Ontario, Canada
New Zealand
Houghton Bay
South
Africa
Houghton, Gauteng
Houghton Estate, Gauteng, a suburb of Johannesburg
United
Kingdom
Houghton, Cambridgeshire
Houghton, Cumbria
Houghton, East Riding of Yorkshire
Houghton, Hampshire
Houghton, Northumberland
Houghton, Pembrokeshire
Houghton, West Sussex
Houghton-le-Side, Darlington
Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland
Houghton Bank, Darlington
Houghton on the Hill, Leicestershire
New Houghton, Norfolk
Houghton Hall, Norfolk (residence of Sir Robert Walpole)
Houghton Hall, East Riding of Yorkshire
Houghton House Bedfordshire
Houghton-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire
Westhoughton near Bolton, Lancashire
Houghton, Durham
Houghton, Sussex
Great Houghton, Northamptonshire
Great Houghton, South Yorkshire
Great Houghton Halt, a railway station in South Yorkshire
Great Houghton Cricket Club, a cricket club in Northampton
Little Houghton, Northamptonshire
Little Houghton, South Yorkshire
Other
Houghton Mifflin (Publishers)
Houghton Chemical
Lancaster/Bolton, MA (home of many original Houghtons in USA) is 50
miles west of Boston in Worcester area
Houghton Migration Possibilities by
Hermain Kline:
Early migration patterns from Massachusetts tended to flow down the
east coast by land as far south as Virginia. Migration to
Georgia tended to be by ship. Western migration seems to
have been alternatively due west through New York through northern
Ohio, leaving folks along the way and into Michigan ie Houghton Lake
area. Further south they came across the mountains of
Pennnsylvania and down the Ohio river to West Virginia, southern Ohio,
Kentucky, southern Indiana and points west. From further south
still they would have crossed the Cumberland gap from western Virginia
into southern Kentucky. In my research I have not found evidence
of Houghton migration through the Cumverland gap. There is plenty
of evidence of the other two western migration. I know of no
existing evidence that solidly links Massachusetts Houghtons with any
of the southern branches but there does seem to be circumstantial
evidence. Likewise there are many instances of people from Culpepper,
Virginia finding there way into the Ohio river valley.