Houston (/ˈhaʊstən/ HOW-stən) is a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States.

[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2), all land.

At the 2000 census there were 430 people, 151 households, and 115 families living in the town.

Broad Street runs north–south through the center of Houston and leads north to an intersection with Delaware Route 14.

Deep Grass Lane passes to the west of the Houston and heads south toward Williamsville and north as Killens Pond Road toward Felton.

[7] The Delmarva Central Railroad's Indian River Subdivision line passes east–west through Houston.