George and Frederick Earle

George Earle (right), founded the community, while Frederick Earle (left), provided it with a name. Englishman George Earle, who had been postmaster at Liverpool, (the first community he founded in this area), moved the post office to Hobart on May 26, 1847 and it is assumed that's when the name Hobart was adopted. He named the area for his brother in England, Frederick Hobart Earle.