Houghton, MI

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Houghton, MI

CITY

Official Website:
http://www.cityofhoughton.com/

Population:
7010 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1854

Founded 1854 by Ernest F. Pletschke, incorporated 1861. The town is named for geologist and former Mayor of Detoit, Douglass Houghton, who died in 1845.

SCHOOLS

School Founded

Michigan Technological University 1885

BIRTHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Paul Kangas Journalist 14-Apr-1937 28-Feb-2017 Nightly Business Report

Eugene Parker Astronomer 10-Jun-1927 Solar winds

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