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Houghton

county seat of Houghton County, Michigan, United States
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Houghton

Summary

Houghton is a city in the United States[1]. Houghton ranks in the top 6% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (262 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Houghton is located in Houghton County[3].
  • Houghton is in the country of United States[4].
  • Houghton's image is recorded as Downtown Hougton MI.JPG[5].
  • Houghton's instance of is recorded as city in the United States[6].
  • Houghton's seal image is recorded as Houghton.jpg[7].
  • Houghton's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 125477539[8].
  • Houghton's GND ID is recorded as 4449488-9[9].
  • Houghton's locator map image is recorded as Houghton County Michigan Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Houghton Highlighted.svg[10].
  • Houghton's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79059267[11].
  • Houghton's postal code is recorded as 49931[12].
  • Houghton's Commons category is recorded as Houghton, Michigan[13].
  • Houghton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 134666[14].
  • Houghton's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[15].
  • Houghton's local dialing code is recorded as 906[16].
  • +1854-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Houghton[17].
  • Houghton's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 628661[18].
  • Houghton's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1626492[19].
  • Houghton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.12111111111111, 'lon': -88.56944444444444}[20].
  • Houghton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0f6d1[21].
  • Houghton's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge1019267[22].
  • Houghton's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 26-39360[23].
  • Houghton's official website is recorded as http://www.cityofhoughton.com/[24].
  • Houghton's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Houghton, Michigan[25].
  • Houghton's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 3c7e5164-3ec0-4c65-bf31-2f3040b63c10[26].
  • Houghton's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/North_America/United_States/Michigan/Localities/H/Houghton/[27].

Body

Founding

+1854-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Houghton[17].

Identity

Houghton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Houghton'}[28].

Why It Matters

Houghton ranks in the top 6% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (262 views/month).[2] Houghton has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Houghton is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Michigan Technological University United States Zane Clinton Motteler

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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