Welcome to Lahaina ...

Lahaina is located on the island of Maui, which makes up the majority of Maui County.

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

Lahaina is near sea level<1>.

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

Area Code for Lahaina: 808

The ZIP codes for Lahaina: 96761, 96767<2>

Communities Also Named Lahaina ...

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

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

Communities near Lahaina ...

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

• Honokowai
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honokowai
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Honokowai <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Honokowai
  • From Lahaina to Honokowai
• Napili - Honokowai
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napili - Honokowai
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Napili - Honokowai
  • From Lahaina to Napili - Honokowai
• Kahana
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kahana
• Olowalu
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olowalu
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Olowalu
  • From Lahaina to Olowalu
• Kapalua
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kapalua
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kapalua <3>
• Camp Maluhia
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Maluhia
  • Camp Maluhia has also been known as:
  • Maluhia Camp
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Camp Maluhia
  • From Lahaina to Camp Maluhia
• Hopoi Village
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopoi Village
• Kaanapali
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaanapali
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kaanapali <3>
• Puuohala Village
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puuohala Village
• Waiehu Village
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waiehu Village

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

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lahaina. Our list includes 4 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Lahaina.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lahaina ...

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

Adding Lahaina to Our Gazetteer ...

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

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lahaina.