Hobart is a city in, and the county chair of, Kiowa County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named for Garret Hobart, the 24th Vice President of the United States. The population was 3,756 at the 2010 census, a terminate of 6.0 percent from the figure of 3,997 in 2000. It is served by Hobart Regional Airport. It then has two museums: the General Tommy Franks Museum and the Kiowa County Museum.

The gift town of Hobart began just about overnight upon August 6, 1901, when lots on the former Kiowa-Apache-Comanche Reservation in southern Oklahoma Territory were put up for sale. It quickly became the residence of 2,936 people, mostly booming in tents. Initially, the town was nicknamed “Ragtown.” Wooden structures replaced tents as fast as possible. By 1903, Hobart had electric lights, an ice plant, and some large wholesale businesses. It in addition to had a wooden courthouse. It developed into a town whose economy was based upon the production of cotton. At statehood in November 1907, Hobart had a population of 3,136.

Hobart’s population declined to 2,936 in 1920, but resumed growing for several years afterward. In 1930, the population was 4,982. In 1950, it reached a top of 5,380. Thereafter, the town population went into a long-term end that has continued to the present. In the 1950 water supply in the area was improved following a series of reservoirs; the town is linked by aqueduct to Lake Hobart several kilometers to the north.

Hobart is located at 35°1′35″N 99°5′27″W / 35.02639°N 99.09083°W / 35.02639; -99.09083 (35.026276, -99.090876). It is 120 miles (190 km) southwest of Oklahoma City and 65 miles (105 km) northwest of Lawton