Welcome to Honolulu ...

Honolulu is located on the island of Oahu.

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

Honolulu is near sea level<1>.

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

Area Code for Honolulu: 808

The ZIP codes for Honolulu: 96801-96826, 96828, 96830, 96836-96841, 96843-96844, 96846-96850<2>

Communities Also Named Honolulu ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Honolulu - they are located in Alaska, Hawaii, North Carolina and Ohio.

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

Websites for Honolulu ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cochawaii.com/

Junior League:   www.juniorleagueofhonolulu.org/

Communities near Honolulu ...

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

• Aliamanu
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aliamanu
• Kahala
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kahala
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kahala <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Kahala
  • From Honolulu to Kahala
• Maunawili
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maunawili
• Foster Village
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Village
• Halawa
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halawa
• Hickam Village
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickam Village
• Aiea
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiea
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aiea <3>
• Kaneohe
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaneohe
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kaneohe <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Kaneohe
  • From Honolulu to Kaneohe
• Puohala Village
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puohala Village
• Iroquois Point
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iroquois Point

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

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Honolulu. Our list includes 282 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Honolulu.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Honolulu ...

Looking for more information about Honolulu? 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 Honolulu, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Honolulu.

Adding Honolulu to Our Gazetteer ...

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

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Honolulu.