Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Houghton came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Houghton in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Houghton. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Houghton data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Houghton:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

Map from 1905 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Houghton is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Houghton in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Houghton for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Houghton. See our Misc Page for Houghton for more information.