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Welcome to Kahana ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kahana, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

Kahana is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<1>.

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

Area Code for Kahana: 808

Communities Also Named Kahana ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Kahana - it's located in Hawaii.

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

Communities near Kahana ...

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kahana ...

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

Adding Kahana to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kahana 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 Kahana was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Kahana post office opened in 1907. The Kahana post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kahana.

Footnotes ...

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kahana - 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/