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Houghton
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county seat of Houghton County, Michigan, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- County
- Houghton
- Incorporated
- 1861 (village), 1970 (city)
- Type
- City commission
- Mayor
- Robert X. Megowen
- City manager
- Eric Waara
- Total
- 4.65 sq mi (12.05 km )
- Land
- 4.41 sq mi (11.42 km )
- Water
- 0.24 sq mi (0.63 km ) 5.12%
- Elevation
- 643 ft (196 m)
- Density
- 1,902.4/sq mi (734.53/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 26-39360
- Gnis feature id
- 0628661
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Houghton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Houghton County
- Population
- 8386
- Area
- 12.124542
- Elevation
- 196
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Houghton County
- Official website
- www.cityofhoughton.com
- Image
- Houghton 2019 Aerial.jpg
- Households
- 2647
- Dialing code
- 906
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- Ashina Mishe
- Commons category
- Houghton, Michigan
- postal code
- 49931
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Houghton, Michigan
- topic's main category
- Category:Houghton, Michigan
- inception
- 1854-00-00
- different from
- Houghton Lake
- water as percent of area
- 5.0466
- per capita income
- 18857
- P12749
- Pinus nigra
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Encyclopedic overview
View of the Portage Lift Bridge from Houghton's Waterfront Trail
Houghton (/ˈhoʊtən/; HOH-tən) is the largest city in and the county seat of Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located on the Keweenaw Peninsula, Houghton is the largest city in the Copper Country region. It is the fifth-largest city in the Upper Peninsula, with a population of 8,386 according to the 2020 United States census. Houghton is the principal city of the Houghton micropolitan area, which includes all of Houghton and Keweenaw counties. Houghton lies upon the Keweenaw Waterway, a partly natural, partly artificial waterway connecting at both ends to Lake Superior. Across the waterway from Houghton lies the city of Hancock.
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