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Hobson may refer to:
People and fictional characters
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Hobson (surname) Hobson is an English patronymic surname. Originating in Scandinavian Denmark, the surname found its way to England and Iceland during the Anglo-Saxon (450-1066) and Viking (793-1066) eras, evolving from Son of Hrod (Hróður) to Hobson. The name rea ...
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Hobson R. Reynolds (1898–1991), American politician and judge
Places
New Zealand
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Hobson County, New Zealand
Hobson County was one of the counties of New Zealand in the North Island, from 1876 until 1989. It came into existence in November 1876, when the provinces were abolished. The county seat was at Aratapu, on the western bank of the Wairoa River ...
, a former local authority
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Mount Hobson (Auckland), a volcanic cone in the Auckland Volcanic Field
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Mount Hobson (Great Barrier Island)
Mount Hobson ( mi, Hirakimatā) is the highest mountain on Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. Located in the centre of the island, it rises above sea level.
Geography
Various mountain tracks allow relatively easy access to the summit, with th ...
, the largest mountain on Great Barrier Island
United States
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Hobson, Jefferson County, Alabama
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Hobson, Randolph County, Alabama, an unincorporated community
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Hobson, Washington County, Alabama, a census-designated place and unincorporated community
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Hobson, Missouri, an unincorporated community
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Hobson, Montana
Hobson is a city in Judith Basin County, Montana, United States. The population was 179 at the 2020 census.
As the freight-wagon crossing of the Judith River between Fort Benton and the Musselshell River country, this community was once know ...
, a city
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Hobson, Nevada, a ghost town
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Hobson, Texas, an unincorporated community
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Hobson, Virginia, a city
Elsewhere
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Hobson Lake
Hobson Lake is the uppermost lake on the Clearwater River in east-central British Columbia, Canada. Hobson Lake is one of the six major lakes in Wells Gray Provincial Park.Neave, Roland (2023). ''Exploring Wells Gray Park'', 7th edition. Wells Gr ...
, British Columbia, Canada
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Hobson, County Durham
Hobson is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the south of Burnopfield, north of Stanley
Stanley may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Film and television
* ''Stanley'' (1972 film), an American horror film
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, a village in England
Other uses
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Hobson (New Zealand electorate)
Hobson is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It existed from 1946 to 1978 and then from 1987 to 1996, and was represented by five Members of Parliament, four of whom represented the National Party. It is notable for returning a membe ...
, a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate
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Hobson Street, Auckland
Hobson Street is the major street on the western side of Queen Street. It is a commercial and high-rise residential street, and provides access to the Auckland Northern Motorway going south, and the Northwest Motorway going west. For most of its ...
, New Zealand, a major street
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See also
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Hobson Block
Hobson Block is a historic building in West Union, Iowa, United States. The brick and stone building was designed by local architect Edward Easton in the Late Victorian style to rebuild the town after its original wooden structures were destroyed ...
, a building in West Union, Iowa, United States, on the National Register of Historic Places
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Hobson site, a Native American archaeological site in Ohio
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Hobson Plan
The Hobson Plan was an organizational structure established by the United States Air Force (USAF) in 1948, following experimental organization in 1947. Known as the "Wing-Base Organization," it replaced the organization used by the United States A ...
, an organizational structure established by the United States Air Force in 1948
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Hobson v. Hansen'', an American federal court case
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Hobson-Jobson
''Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive'' is a historical dictionary of Anglo-Indian words and terms from Indian languages which came in ...
'', alternative title of a book and a phrase in English
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Hobson's choice, a free choice in which only one option is offered
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Hobson City, Alabama
Hobson City is a town in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 759. It is included in the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Statistical Area. Hobson City was Alabama's first self-governed all-black municipali ...
, a town
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Hobsonville
Hobsonville is a suburb in West Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand. The area was administered by Waitakere City Council until the council was amalgamated into Auckland Council in 2010.
Hobsonville Point, formerly the location of the ...
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Hopson (disambiguation)
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