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Welcome to Wainiha ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wainiha, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.

Wainiha is near sea level<1>.

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

Area Code for Wainiha: 808

Communities near Wainiha ...

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wainiha ...

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

Adding Wainiha to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wainiha post office opened in 1909. The Wainiha post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wainiha.

Footnotes ...

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