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Official Website
Both the county and the city were named for Michigan State geologist and Detroit Mayor Douglass Houghton. It was part of Copper Country during the mining boom of the latter half of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century.
Adjacent Counties
Cities & Villages
- Calumet
- Copper City
- Hancock
- Houghton (County Seat)
- Lake Linden
- Laurium
- South Range
Other Townships & Communities: Adams, Atlantic Mine, Blue Jacket, Blue Jacket, Centennial, Chassell, Dakota Heights, Dodgeville, Dollar Bay, Donken, Dreamland, Duncan, Elm River, Franklin, Hubbell, Hurontown, Jacobsville, Kearsarge, Laird, Mason, Osceola, Painesdale, Portage, Quincy, Redridge, Ripley, Senter, Schoolcraft, Stanton, Tamarack City, Toivola, Torch Lake, Trimountain, Twin Lakes, White City and Yellow Jacket
Cemeteries
Links
National Register of Historic Places
Keweenaw National Park (part)
Ottawa National Forest (part)
Houghton County Historical Society
French-Canadian Genealogical Research
