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Welcome to Hobart ...

Hobart is located in Wood County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hobart, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Hobart is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hobart lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Hobart: 419 & 567<3>

Communities Also Named Hobart ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Hobart - they are located in Arkansas, California, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hobart.

Communities near Hobart ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hobart.

  • Toledo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Bowling Green
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Perrysburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Oregon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sylvania
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Maumee
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Waterville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Whitehouse
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Ottawa Hills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ottawa Hills is located in Lucas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Hills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,534 people
  • Swanton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hobart. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hobart.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hobart. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hobart.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hobart. See our Newspapers Page for Hobart.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hobart ...

Looking for more information about Hobart? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Hobart, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hobart.

Adding Hobart to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hobart in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Hobart was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Hobart post office opened in 1890. The Hobart post office closed in 1898.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hobart.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Wood, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hobart - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 419 code has been Overlayed with the 567 area code. New phone numbers in the Hobart area will be assigned with one of these codes: 419 or 567. As a result, placing a call in the Hobart area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/