Hobson Explained

Hobson may refer to:

People and fictional characters

• Hobson (surname)
• Hobson R. Reynolds (1898–1991), African-American politician and judge

Places

New Zealand

• Hobson County, New Zealand, a former local authority
• Mount Hobson (Auckland), a volcanic cone in the Auckland Volcanic Field
• Mount Hobson (Great Barrier Island), the largest mountain on Great Barrier Island

United States

• Hobson, Jefferson County, Alabama
• Hobson, Randolph County, Alabama, an unincorporated community
• Hobson, Washington County, Alabama, a census-designated place and unincorporated community
• Hobson, Missouri, an unincorporated community
• Hobson, Montana, a city
• Hobson, Nevada, a ghost town
• Hobson, Texas, an unincorporated community
• Hobson, Virginia, a city

Elsewhere

• Hobson Lake, British Columbia, Canada
• Hobson, County Durham, a village in England

Other uses

• Hobson (New Zealand electorate), a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate
• Hobson Street, Auckland, New Zealand, a major street
• , a destroyer which served in World War II

See also

• Hobson Block, a building in West Union, Iowa, United States, on the National Register of Historic Places
• Hobson site, a Native American archaeological site in Ohio
• Hobson Plan, an organizational structure established by the United States Air Force in 1948
• Hobson v. Hansen, an American federal court case
• Hobson-Jobson, alternative title of a book and a phrase in English
• Hobson's choice, a free choice in which only one option is offered
• Hobson City, Alabama, a town
• Hobsonville, New Zealand and Oregon
• Hopson (disambiguation)