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Hobart is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in central King County, Washington, in the rural Cascade foothills near Maple Valley.

Loggers first settled the Hobart area in 1879, when the community was known as Vine Maple Valley — a name the Post Office later deemed too long.

The Hobart Post Office opened on May 9, 1903, with William Sidebotham as its first postmaster.

The community was named in honor of Garret Augustus Hobart, the 24th Vice President of the United States.

A coal mine operated in the Hobart area as late as 1947, alongside the logging that first drew settlers to the valley.

Hobart had 6,767 residents at the 2020 census, living in 2,531 households, up from 6,221 residents in 2010.

The Hobart CDP spans 18.9 square miles, with the Cedar River running along its southern and western edges.

Taylor Mountain, rising about 2,600 feet, looms northeast of Hobart, and State Route 18 cuts through the community between Auburn and Interstate 90 near Snoqualmie.

Measured by per capita income, Hobart ranks 31st of the 522 areas ranked in the state of Washington.

Most of Hobart lies in the Tahoma School District, with a portion in the Issaquah School District, and the CDP was first delineated in the 2000 census from part of the former Maple Valley CDP.