Misplaced Pages

Houghton Point

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
For the community in Michigan, see Lake Township, Roscommon County, Michigan.

Houghton Point is a cape in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, in the United States.

History

Houghton Point was named for Douglass Houghton, an explorer of the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Houghton Point
  2. Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 179.

46°41′55″N 90°51′11″W / 46.69861°N 90.85306°W / 46.69861; -90.85306

Stub icon

This article about a location in Bayfield County, Wisconsin is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: