Upper Haughton is a rural locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia.

[1] The locality is bounded to the west by the Haughton River and to the north-east by Barratta Creek.

It presumably takes its name from the Haughton River which forms its western boundary.

[2] The river in turn was originally named after stockman Richard Houghton by pastoralist and explorer James Cassady.

However, it was renamed on 28 April 1950 to Haughton River at the request of the local residents and the Queensland Electoral Office.