Hobart Mills is a former settlement in Nevada County,

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. It is situated at an elevation of

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. The town is named after Walter Scott Hobart, Sr. who operated a

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in the area since 1897. Hobart was a leading lumberman in the Lake Tahoe district from the 1860s until his death in 1892. There was a post office in the town during the period of 1900 through 1938. The politician

Patrick J. Hillings Patrick Jerome Hillings (February 19, 1923 – July 20, 1994) was a Republican U.S. Representative from California who succeeded Richard M. Nixon in Congress. He was initially elected to California's 12th congressional district, which was re ...

was born in Hobart Mills.

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