Houghton Lake

unincorporated community in Roscommon County, Michigan, USA
Place census_designated_place_in_the_united_states Q2892388
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Houghton Lake

Summary

Houghton Lake is a census-designated place in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Houghton Lake is located in Roscommon County[3].
  • Houghton Lake is in the country of United States[4].
  • Houghton Lake's image is recorded as Houghton Lake 1.jpg[5].
  • Houghton Lake's instance of is recorded as census-designated place in the United States[6].
  • Houghton Lake's instance of is recorded as unincorporated community[7].
  • Houghton Lake's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 134859594[8].
  • Houghton Lake's locator map image is recorded as Roscommon County Michigan Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Houghton Lake Highlighted.svg[9].
  • Houghton Lake's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79144213[10].
  • Houghton Lake's postal code is recorded as 48629[11].
  • Houghton Lake's Commons category is recorded as Houghton Lake, Michigan[12].
  • Houghton Lake's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 134635[13].
  • Houghton Lake's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[14].
  • Houghton Lake's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2393055[15].
  • Houghton Lake's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 628665[16].
  • Houghton Lake's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 44.314722222222, 'lon': -84.764722222222}[17].
  • Houghton Lake's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0vnrp[18].
  • Houghton Lake's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 26-39400[19].
  • Houghton Lake's page banner is recorded as Houghton Lake Banner.jpg[20].
  • Houghton Lake's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as cd4186a2-df19-450c-b04a-f80cddd60194[21].
  • Houghton Lake's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/North_America/United_States/Michigan/Localities/H/Houghton_Lake/[22].
  • Houghton Lake's population is recorded as {'amount': '+3749'}[23].
  • Houghton Lake's population is recorded as {'amount': '+3427'}[24].
  • Houghton Lake's population is recorded as {'amount': '+5294'}[25].
  • Houghton Lake's WOEID is recorded as 2424708[26].
  • Houghton Lake's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Houghton Lake'}[27].

Body

Geography

Houghton Lake is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Roscommon County[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+19.427779'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+19.427773'}[29]. Houghton Lake's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+349'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+3749'}[23], {'amount': '+3427'}[24], and {'amount': '+5294'}[25].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include census-designated place in the United States[6] and unincorporated community[7].

Why It Matters

Houghton Lake ranks in the top 2% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . geonames.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 2.0. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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