Houston, Ohio

Houston (/ˈhaʊstən/ HOW-stən[1]) is an unincorporated community in northern Loramie Township, Shelby County, Ohio, United States.

The transmitter site of WHIO-FM (formerly WPTW-FM, WCLR and WDPT respectively and licensed to Piqua) is located south of the community on Aiken Road adjacent to State Route 66.

The unincorporated junction of Dawson is located a mile to the east on Hardin Station-Houston Road near the Conrail tracks.

North Houston was founded on November 1, 1855 by Asa Young after the Big Four (Penn Central) Railroad was built.

Houston, Ohio, marked its 170th anniversary in 2008 It is home to Hardin-Houston Local School, which serves grades k-12 and has approximately 800 students.