Hobart

Hobart, city, Lake county, northwestern Indiana, U.S., adjacent to Gary. George Earle laid out the site in 1849, having built a dam across the Deep River to provide waterpower for his gristmill in 1845, and he named the community for his brother Frederick Hobart Earle. The dam created Lake George, now a recreation area near the centre of the city. Hobart is part of the East Chicago–Gary industrial complex (local manufactures include electric motors, automobile parts, and toys) and is the trading centre for a farming and dairying area. Indiana Dunes State Park and Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore are nearby. Inc. town, 1889; city, 1921. Pop. (2000) 25,363; (2010) 29,059.