Hobbiton is located in the fictional land called the Shire in J.R.R. Tolkien’s books.
The Shire is a peaceful region of northwestern Middle-earth inhabited mainly by Hobbits. Hobbiton, home of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, is one of its best-known settlements. Other important locations include Bywater, Tuckborough, and Buckland, which lies across the Brandywine River.
The Shire is introduced as a sheltered rural society concerned with farms, meals, family histories, and local customs. Its apparent quietness contrasts with the wider conflicts of Middle-earth. The journeys of Bilbo and Frodo show how events outside the Shire can eventually affect even its most isolated communities.
The Shire is sometimes mistaken for Hobbiton because the names are closely associated. Hobbiton is one settlement within the Shire, not the name of the whole territory. Bree is another settlement, while Rohan and Gondor are human kingdoms elsewhere in Middle-earth.