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Houghton Lake (/ ˈ h oʊ t ən /; HOH-tən) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Roscommon County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The population was 5,294 during the 2020 census, making it the largest unincorporated community in Northern Michigan.
It is an extremely popular resort and fishing area year round. Houghton Lake is the site of Tip-Up-Town USA, a large ice fishing and winter sports festival with several events on the frozen waters of the lake itself. Houghton Lake is named after the first state geologist, Douglass Houghton who explored the area. [2] Houghton County, in the ...
English: Locator map showing Houghton County (red) — in Upper Michigan. David Benbennick made this map. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps .
The township surrounds the northwestern portion of Houghton Lake, and the western section of the township contains the Houghton Lake Flats Flooding State Wildlife Management Area and a portion of the Dead Stream Flooding State Wildlife Management Area. A small portion of the Houghton Lake community extends into Lake Township. The Houghton Lake ...
Houghton Lake is a census-designated place and unincorporated community at along the southwest side of Houghton The community also extends north into Lake Township and east into Denton Township . Houghton Lake Heights is an unincorporated community within the larger census-designated community of Houghton Lake at 44°19′39″N 84°46′28″W ...
The Houghton Lake Flats Flooding State Wildlife Management Area is a protected wildlife area located in rural Lake Township within Roscommon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The wildlife management area incorporates 1,830 acres (7.41 km 2) of artificially restored marsh and wetlands just west of Houghton Lake.
Central Houghton is a relatively urbanized area of the town, generally considered as being roughly between Franklin Square and the Portage Lake Lift Bridge. The "heart of Houghton's commercial district" is characterized by sandstone [11] (frequently mined from Jacobsville or Portage Entry) buildings with the frequent "classical detail"; [54] it ...
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