A common placename: • A number of places in the United Kingdom: • A village in Houghton and Wyton parish, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL281724). • A village in Stanwix Rural parish, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY407593). • A hamlet in Sancton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE886392). • A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU341143). • A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF789288). • A hamlet in Heddon-on-the-Wall parish, southern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1266). • A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ017411). • A village in Burton community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9807). • Ellipsis of Houghton Estate, Johannesburg, South Africa. • A town near Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. • A number of places in the United States: • A minor city in Lee County, Iowa. • A city, the county seat of Houghton County, Michigan, on the Upper Peninsula. • A township in Keweenaw County, Michigan. • A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Caneadea, Allegany County, New York. • An unincorporated community in Brown County, South Dakota. • A neighbourhood of the city of Kirkland, Washington. • A habitational surname from Old English.