Welcome to Kailua Kona ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kailua Kona, you might consider that their post office opened in 1957.

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

Area Code for Kailua Kona: 808

The ZIP codes for Kailua Kona: 96739-96740, 96745<1>

Communities near Kailua Kona ...

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

• Kalaoa
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalaoa
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kalaoa <2>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Kalaoa
  • From Kailua Kona to Kalaoa
• Honalo
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honalo
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Honalo <2>
• Kealakekua
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kealakekua
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kealakekua <2>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Kealakekua
  • From Kailua Kona to Kealakekua
• Captain Cook
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captain Cook
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Captain Cook <2>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Captain Cook
  • From Kailua Kona to Captain Cook
• Kaupulehu ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
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  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Kaupulehu
  • From Kailua Kona to Kaupulehu
• Keauhou
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keauhou
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keauhou <2>
• Pu'uanahulu
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
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  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Pu'uanahulu
  • From Kailua Kona to Pu'uanahulu
• Honaunau
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honaunau
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Honaunau <2>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Honaunau
  • From Kailua Kona to Honaunau
• Keokea
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keokea
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Keokea
  • From Kailua Kona to Keokea
• Puako
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puako
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Puako <2>

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kailua Kona ...

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

Adding Kailua Kona to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kailua Kona in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Kailua Kona was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Kailua Kona post office opened in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kailua Kona.