Welcome to Onomea ...

So far, we found very little information about Onomea. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Onomea to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Onomea, please Contact Us.

The location of Onomea has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Onomea, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1956.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Onomea is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Onomea was located is in the Hawaiian/Aleutian Standard Time Zone (HST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Onomea would have been located in the (808) area code.

Communities near Onomea ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Onomea.

• Wainaku
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wainaku
• Hakalau
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hakalau have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hakalau
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hakalau <4>
• Hilo
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilo
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hilo <4>
• Ninole
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ninole have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninole
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ninole <4>
• Keaau
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keaau have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keaau
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keaau <4>
• Papaaloa
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Papaaloa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papaaloa
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Papaaloa <4>
• Kurtistown
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kurtistown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtistown
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kurtistown <4>
• Kukui Village
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kukui Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kukui Village
• Niu Village
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Niu Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niu Village
• Milo Village
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milo Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo Village

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Onomea. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Onomea.

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Onomea. See our Newspapers Page for Onomea.

Adding Onomea to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Onomea in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Onomea was on a map titled Road Map for Hawaii (from Shell Oil, 1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Onomea.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Hawaii: https://portal.ehawaii.gov/