Welcome to Hilo ...

Hilo is located on the island of Hawaii.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hilo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Hilo is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<1>.

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

Area Code for Hilo: 808

The ZIP codes for Hilo: 96720-96721<2>

Communities Also Named Hilo ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Hilo - they are located in Arkansas, Kentucky and Missouri.

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

Websites for Hilo ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.hicc.biz/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Hilo, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Hilo ...

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

• Papaikou
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papaikou
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Papaikou <3>
• Keaau
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keaau
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keaau <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Keaau
  • From Hilo to Keaau
• Kurtistown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtistown
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kurtistown <3>
• Pepeekeo
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepeekeo
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pepeekeo <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Pepeekeo
  • From Hilo to Pepeekeo
• Mountain View
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain View <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Mountain View
  • From Hilo to Mountain View
• Orchidlands Estates
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchidlands Estates
• Honomu
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honomu
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Honomu <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Honomu
  • From Hilo to Honomu
• Hakalau
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hakalau
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hakalau <3>
• Hawaiian Acres
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawaiian Acres
• Ainaloa
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainaloa

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

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hilo. Our list includes 28 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Hilo.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hilo ...

Looking for more information about Hilo? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Hilo, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Hilo.

Adding Hilo to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hilo post office opened in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hilo.