noun

• A habitational surname.
• A placename
• A village in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom.
• A large city, the county seat of Harris County, Texas, United States, named after Sam Houston.
• A town in the Bulkley Valley, British Columbia, Canada.
• Other places in the United States:
• An unincorporated community in Winston County, Alabama, United States.
• A city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States.
• A small town in Perry County, Arkansas, United States.
• A small town in Kent County, Delaware, United States.
• An unincorporated community in Suwannee County, Florida, United States.
• A Warner Robins community in Houston County, Georgia, United States.
• An unincorporated community in Salt Creek Township, Jackson County, Indiana, United States.
• A small city in Houston County, Minnesota, United States.
• A small city in and one of the two county seats of Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States.
• A small city, the county seat of Texas County, Missouri, United States.
• An unincorporated community in York County, Nebraska, United States.
• An unincorporated community in Union County, North Carolina, United States.
• An unincorporated community in Loramie Township, Shelby County, Ohio, United States.
• A borough of Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States.
• An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Tennessee, United States.
• A male given name transferred from the surname, of mainly American usage.
• JSC, the NASA Mission Control complex located in Houston, named the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center since 1973.
• Ellipsis of Houston County. [A county of Alabama, United States. County seat: Dothan.]