Hobe Sound

Hobe Sound, Florida
CDP
Location in Martin County and the state of Florida
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Coordinates: 27°04′N 80°08′W / 27.067°N 80.133°W / 27.067; -80.133Coordinates: 27°04′N 80°08′W / 27.067°N 80.133°W / 27.067; -80.133
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Martin
Area
• Total	5.7 sq mi (14.8 km2)
• Land	5.5 sq mi (14.1 km2)
• Water	0.3 sq mi (0.7 km2)
Elevation	20 ft (6 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	11,521
• Density	2,082.8/sq mi (804.5/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	33455, 33475
Area code(s)	772
FIPS code	12-30975
GNIS feature ID	0284064

Hobe Sound is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Martin County, Florida, United States. The population was 11,521 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Port St. Lucie Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Hobe Sound is located at 27°04′36″N 80°08′31″W / 27.076737°N 80.142076°W / 27.076737; -80.142076.

Hobe Sound is an exurban area in southern Martin County near the Atlantic Ocean. It stretches along the coast between Port Salerno and Jonathan Dickinson State Park but does include Jupiter Island.

The name of Hobe Sound comes from the name of the Jove or Jobe Indians, one of the Native American groups that lived in the area before European settlement. The Spanish pronounced Jove/Jobe as [ˈxoβe], which later evolved into the current spelling "Hobe".

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