Meanings
plural Houghtons
- A common placename:
- countableuncountableA village in Houghton and Wyton parish, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL281724).
- countableuncountableA village in Stanwix Rural parish, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY407593).
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Sancton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE886392).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU341143).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF789288).
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Heddon-on-the-Wall parish, southern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1266).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ017411).
- countableuncountableA village in Burton community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9807).
- abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Houghton Estate, Johannesburg, South Africa.
- countableuncountableA town near Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
- countableuncountableA minor city in Lee County, Iowa.
- countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Houghton County, Michigan, on the Upper Peninsula.
- countableuncountableA township in Keweenaw County, Michigan.
- countableuncountableA hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Caneadea, Allegany County, New York.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Brown County, South Dakota.
- countableuncountableA neighbourhood of the city of Kirkland, Washington.
- countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
Origin
- Old Englishhōh“ridge, spur”
- EnglishHoughton
From Old English hōh (“ridge, spur”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
More words from Old English
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Houghton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Houghton
“Houghton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Houghton. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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