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Honolulu County, Hawaii

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
176historic places
—earliest paper
1907formed
1,016,508pop. 2020
37cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 176 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 15 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Honolulu, Kaneohe, Kailua.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Hawaii is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Honolulu titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

113 of 176 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

176 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Ala Wai VillasHonoluluBuilding2019
Alexander and Baldwin BuildingHonoluluBuilding1979
Aliiolani HaleHonoluluBuilding1972
Aloha TowerHonoluluBuilding1976
Barbers Point LightKapoleiStructure2024
Barry, Mr. & Mrs. David Jr., HouseHonoluluBuilding2017
Battery HasebrouckHonoluluBuilding1984
Battery HawkinsHonoluluStructure1984
Battery Hawkins AnnexHonoluluStructure1984
Battery JacksonHonoluluStructure1984
Battery RandolphHonoluluBuilding1984
Battery SelfridgeHonoluluBuilding1984
Bellows Field Archeological AreaWaimanaloDistrict1973
Bishop, Bernice P., MuseumHonoluluBuilding1982
Boettcher EstateKailuaBuilding2002
Brewer, C., BuildingHonoluluBuilding1980
Burial PlatformKahukuStructure1973
Burningham, Thomas Alexander, HouseHonoluluBuilding1993
Bushnell HouseHonoluluBuilding2017
CINCPAC Headquarters NHLPearl HarborBuilding1987
Canavarro, Georges de S., HouseHonoluluBuilding1980
Case, Lloyd, HouseHonoluluBuilding1987
Central Fire StationHonoluluBuilding1980
Central Intermediate SchoolHonoluluBuilding2004
Charlot, Jean, HouseHonoluluBuilding2000
Chinatown Historic DistrictHonoluluDistrict1973
Church of the CrossroadsHonoluluBuilding1992
Coke, James L., HouseHonoluluBuilding1986
Cook, Grace, HouseHonoluluBuilding1983
Cooke, Charles Montague, Jr. House and Kuka'O'O Heiau (Boundary Increase)HonoluluBuilding2000
Cooke, Charles Montague, Jr., HouseHonoluluBuilding1985
Cooke, Clarence H., HouseHonoluluBuilding1986
Cooper ApartmentsHonoluluBuilding2017
Cooper, Bartlett, HouseHonoluluBuilding1987
Dearborn Chemical Company WarehouseHonoluluBuilding2019
Dickey, C. W., HouseHonoluluBuilding1984
Dilks PropertyKailuaBuilding2016
Dillingham Transportation BuildingHonoluluBuilding1979
Dole, James D., HomesteadWaipahuBuilding1978
Duhrsen, Carl H., HouseHonoluluBuilding1987
Ewa Plain BattlefieldKapoleiDistrict2016
Eyman, Jessie-Judson, Wilma, HouseHonoluluBuilding1986
Faus, Dr. Robert, HouseHonoluluBuilding1987
Fort Ruger Historic DistrictHonoluluDistrict1983
Foster Botanic GardenHonoluluDistrict1993
Friendship GardenKaneoheSite2016
Guard, J.B., HouseHonoluluBuilding2015
Guild, John, HouseHonoluluBuilding1980
Hawaii Capital Historic DistrictHonoluluDistrict1978
Hawaii Shingon MissionHonoluluBuilding2002
Hawaii TheatreHonoluluBuilding1978
Heeia FishpondKaneoheSite1973
Henriques, Edgar and Lucy, HouseHonoluluBuilding1984
Hickam Field NHLHonoluluDistrict1985
Hocking, Alfred, HouseHonoluluBuilding1984
Holt, Lemon Wond, HouseHonoluluBuilding2006
Honolulu Academy of ArtsHonoluluBuilding1972
Honouliuli Internment CampWaipahuSite2012
House at 3023 Kalakaua AvenueHonoluluBuilding1987
House at 3023A Kalakaua AvenueHonoluluBuilding1987
House at 3023B Kalakaua AvenueHonoluluBuilding1987
House at 3027 Kalakaua AvenueHonoluluBuilding1987
House at 3033 Kalakaua AvenueHonoluluBuilding1987
House at 3033B Kalakaua AvenueHonoluluBuilding1987
House at 4109 Black Point RoadHonoluluBuilding1987
Huilua Fishpond NHLKaneoheStructure1966
Iolani Palace NHLHonoluluBuilding1966
Joseph and Joan Farrell ResidenceHonoluluBuilding2025
Kahaluu Fish PondKahaluuSite1973
Kahaluu Taro Lo'iKahaluuDistrict1973
Kahuku Habitation AreaKahukuSite1972
Kaimuki Fire StationHonoluluBuilding1980
Kaiser, Henry J. and Alyce, EstateHonoluluBuilding2019
Kakaako Fire StationHonoluluBuilding1980
Kakaako Pumping StationHonoluluBuilding1978
Kalihi Fire StationHonoluluBuilding1980
Kamehameha V Post OfficeHonoluluBuilding1972
Kaneohe Naval Air Station NHLKailuaDistrict1987
Kaneohe Ranch BuildingKailuaBuilding1987
KaniakapupuNu'UanuSite1986
Kapapa Island ComplexKapapa IslandDistrict1972
Kapuaiwa BuildingHonoluluBuilding1973
Kaumakapili ChurchHonoluluBuilding2008
Kawaewae HeiauKaneoheStructure1972
Kawaiahao Church and Mission Houses NHLHonoluluBuilding1966
Kawailoa Ryusenji TempleHaleiwaBuilding1978
Kea'au Talus Sites Archeological DistrictWai'anaeSite1987
Keaiwa HeiauAieaSite1972
Kelly, John and Kate, HouseHonoluluBuilding1991
King ResidenceHonoluluBuilding2026
Kualoa Ahupua'a Historical DistrictKaneoheDistrict1974
Kukaniloko Birth SiteWahiawaSite1973
Kukaniloko Birth Site (Boundary Increase)WahiawaSite1995
Kukuipilau HeiauKailuaSite1984
Kunia CampKuniaDistrict2014
Kupopolo HeiauHaleiwaSite1973
Kyoto Gardens of Honolulu Memorial ParkHonoluluBuilding2004
Leleahina HeiauKaneoheStructure1973
LihiwaiHonoluluBuilding1982
Lihiwai (Boundary Increase)HonoluluBuilding1987
Liljestrand HouseHonoluluBuilding2008
Linekona SchoolHonoluluBuilding1980
Linn, R. N., HouseHonoluluBuilding1986
Little Makalapa Naval Housing Historic DistrictHonoluluDistrict2017
MALIA (Hawaiian canoe)HonoluluStructure1993
Makalapa Naval Housing Historic DistrictHonoluluDistrict2017
Makiki Fire StationHonoluluBuilding1980
Marconi Wireless Telegraphy StationKahukuSite2013
Marigold BuildingWaipahuBuilding1983
McKinley High SchoolHonoluluBuilding1980
Mendonca, J. P., HouseHonoluluBuilding1986
Merchant Street Historic DistrictHonoluluDistrict1973
Moana HotelHonoluluBuilding1972
Moili'ili Japanese CemeteryHonoluluDistrict2015
Mokapu Burial AreaKaneoheDistrict1972
Molii FishpondKaneoheSite1972
National Memorial Cemetery of the PacificHonoluluDistrict1976
Naval Aviation Supply Depot Personnel Camp Quonset Hut 33Pearl CityBuilding2023
Necker Island Archeological DistrictKauaiDistrict1988
Nihoa Island Archeological DistrictKauaiDistrict1988
Nuuanu Petroglyph ComplexHonoluluDistrict1973
Oahu Railway and Land Company Right-of-WayNanakuliStructure1975
Oakley, George D., HouseHonoluluBuilding1984
Ohrt, Frederick, HouseHonoluluBuilding1987
Okiokilepe PondPearl HarborSite1973
Opana Radar Site NHLKawelaSite1991
Our Lady of Peace CathedralHonoluluBuilding1972
Pahukini HeiauKailuaStructure1972
Palama Fire StationHonoluluBuilding1976
Palm Circle Historic District NHLHonoluluDistrict1984
Pearl Harbor, U.S. Naval Base NHLPearl CityDistrict1966
Podmore, Joseph W., BuildingHonoluluBuilding1983
Pohaku ka luahineKanehoeObject1973
Punahou School CampusHonoluluDistrict1972
Puu o Mahuka Heiau NHLHaleiwaStructure1966
Queen Emma's Summer HomeHonoluluBuilding1972
Royal BreweryHonoluluBuilding1972
Royal MausoleumHonoluluBuilding1972
Sacred Heart ChurchHonoluluBuilding2001
Salvation Army Waioli Tea RoomHonoluluBuilding1998
Schofield Barracks Historic DistrictWahiawaDistrict1998
Schofield Barracks StockadeWahiawaBuilding1998
Shadinger, J. Alvin, HouseHonoluluBuilding1987
Simpson, Charles A., HouseHonoluluBuilding1987
Sinclair, Dr. Archibald Neil, HouseHonoluluBuilding1983
Small HeiauKaaawaStructure1973
Smyth, Mabel, Memorial BuildingHonoluluBuilding1994
St. Andrew's Cathedral (Additional Documentation)HonoluluBuilding1973
TWO BROTHERS (new england whaling ship) ShipwreckFrench Frigate ShoalsSite2017
Tantalus-Round Top RoadHonoluluDistrict2009
Tavares, Frank, HouseHonoluluBuilding1987
The Bowers' HouseHonoluluBuilding2024
Thomas SquareHonoluluSite1972
U.S. Coast Guard Diamond Head LighthouseHonoluluStructure1980
U.S. Coast Guard Makapuu Point LightWaimanaloStructure1977
U.S. Immigration OfficeHonoluluBuilding1973
U.S. Post Office, Customhouse, and CourthouseHonoluluBuilding1975
U.S.S. ARIZONA MemorialPearl CitySite1966
USS ARIZONA Wreck NHLHonoluluStructure1989
USS BOWFIN NHLHonoluluStructure1982
USS UTAH Wreck NHLHonoluluStructure1989
Ukanipo HeiauMakahaSite1982
Ulu Po HeiauKailuaStructure1972
Van Tassel, Ernest Shelton, HouseHonoluluBuilding1981
Waialua Agricultural Company Engine No. 6LualualeiStructure1974
Waialua Fire StationHaleiwaBuilding1980
Waialua SchoolHaleiwaBuilding1980
Waianae DistrictWaianaeDistrict1974
Waikane Taro FlatsWaikaneDistrict1973
Waimalu Shopping CenterWaimaluBuilding2021
Wakamiya Inari ShrineWaipahuBuilding1980
Walker, H. Alexander, ResidenceHonoluluBuilding1973
War Memorial NatatoriumHonoluluStructure1980
Ward, George R., HouseHonoluluBuilding2016
Washington Place NHLHonoluluBuilding1973
Wheeler Field NHLSchofield BarracksDistrict1987

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Honolulu was formed in 1907 (1907-04-30) from all of OAHU when the "City, County of Honolulu" was incorporated.

HONOLULU created from all of OAHU when the "City and County of Honolulu" was incorporated; OAHU county eliminated.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Honolulu County population from 1900 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1.0M538k59k19001920196020002020
19001920194019501960198020002020
58,504123,496257,696353,020500,409762,565876,1561,016,508

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Pearl Harbor National MemorialPark unit28.6 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

37 cemeteries and 7 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 37 of 37 listed
NameLatLon
Aiea Cemetery / Honoulu Plantation Cemetery21.37525-157.93231
Diamond Head Memorial Park21.26762-157.79697
Ewa Community Cemetery21.35029-158.02826
Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery21.38951-157.78771
Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery21.38991-157.79183
Heeia Japanese Cemetery21.43436-157.80935
Honolulu Memorial Park21.32319-157.84816
Kahuku Catholic Cemetery21.67712-157.9435
Kahuku Japanese Cemetery21.68432-157.94553
Kauilani Portuguese Cemetery21.34778-157.85776
Kawaiahao Church Cemetery21.30401-157.85869
Kawaihao Manoa Cemetery21.30917-157.81094
Ket On Society Chinese Cemetery21.31651-157.84427
King Street Catholic Cemetery21.30192-157.85156
Laie Cemetery21.6516-157.93182
Makiki Cemetery21.30831-157.84129
Manoa Chinese Cemetery21.31784-157.80176
Maʻemaʻe Chapel Cemetery21.32928-157.84787
Mililani Memorial Park21.44268-157.98761
Mo’ili’ili Japanese Cemetery21.28836-157.8205
Nanakuli Homestead Cemetery21.38697-158.13809
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific21.31289-157.84648
Nuuanu Memorial Park and Mortuary21.32428-157.84789
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cemetery21.49513-157.85185
Oʻahu Cemetery and Crematory21.3244-157.85013
Pauoa Chinese Christian Cemetery21.31751-157.84477
Pauoa Hawaiian Cemetery21.3183-157.84594
Pu'ukamali'i Cemetery21.33052-157.86096
Puea Cemetery21.33378-157.86664
Puʻuiki Cemetery21.58174-158.12288
Royal Mausoleum21.32526-157.84731
Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery21.44736-158.18974
Schofield Veterans Cemetery21.48407-158.05866
Valley of the Temples Memorial Park21.43349-157.8286
Waianae Protestant Cemetery21.44506-158.1861
Waikane Congregational Church Cemetery21.49515-157.85101
Yee King Tong Cemetery21.31661-157.84482
Historical populated places — 7 of 7
NameLatLon
Galbraith21.50861-158.03639
Karston21.51639-158.04444
Mikilua21.46667-158.11667
Mikilua Camp21.41667-158.14944
Mokumoa Island21.33333-157.90056
Neneleʻa21.5746-158.27102
Watertown21.33333-157.96667

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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