Sold - c.1930 Starter Home For Sale in Hobart, OK Reduced

229 S Hill St, Hobart, OK 73651 $43,000 Reduced to $38,700 Sold

Starter Home For Sale

Exterior featured at 229 S Hill St, Hobart, OK 73651

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Cozy remodeled house on corner lot.

Hobart History

Hobart (pop.3,756) was named after Garret Hobart, the 24th Vice President of the United States, serving under McKinley.

The present town of Hobart began almost overnight on 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 living 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 also had a wooden courthouse. It developed into a town whose economy was based on 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 peak of 5,380. Thereafter, the town population went into a long-term decline that has continued to the present. In the 1950 water supply in the area was improved with a series of reservoirs; the town is connected by aqueduct to Lake Hobart several kilometers to the north.