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Welcome to Halawa ...

Halawa is located in Maui County, on the island of Molokai.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Halawa, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Halawa is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<1>.

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

Area Code for Halawa: 808

Communities Also Named Halawa ...

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Halawa.

Communities near Halawa ...

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Halawa ...

Looking for more information about Halawa? 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 Halawa, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Halawa.

Adding Halawa to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Halawa 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 (so far) for Halawa was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Halawa post office opened in 1901. The Halawa post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Halawa.

Footnotes ...

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Halawa - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/