Welcome to Ewa ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ewa, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1902.

Ewa is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<1>.

Time Zone: Ewa lies in the Hawaiian/Aleutian Standard Time Zone (HST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Area Code for Ewa: 808

Communities near Ewa ...

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

• Honolulu
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honolulu
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Honolulu <2>
• Honokai Hale
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honokai Hale
• Pearl City
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearl City <2>
• Hickam Village
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickam Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickam Village
• Waipio
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waipio
• Aiea
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aiea have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiea
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aiea <2>
• Aliamanu
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aliamanu have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aliamanu
• Foster Village
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foster Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Village
• Mililani
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mililani
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mililani <2>
• Waimalu
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waimalu have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waimalu

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 Ewa. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ewa.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ewa ...

Looking for more information about Ewa? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Ewa, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ewa.

Adding Ewa to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ewa 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 Ewa was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Ewa post office opened in 1902.

We also found Ewa on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Hawaii (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ewa.