Town name | Dis. Est | County | Notes | Refs |
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Apua | April 2, 1868 | Hawaii | Destroyed by a tsunami following the April 2, 1868 Hawaii earthquake; never resettled. | [2] |
Halawa | 1950s | Molokai | Abandoned after tsunamis in 1946 and 1957 | [3] |
Honuapo | 1946 | Hawaii | Destroyed in 1946 by a tsunami | [4] |
Iwilei | 2012 | Honolulu | In August of 2012, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs acquired the 4.98 acre parcel. | [5] |
Kaimū | 1990 | Hawaii | Destroyed in an 1990 by an eruptive flow of lava from the Kūpaʻianahā vent of the Kīlauea volcano | [6] |
Kalapana | Hawaii | Original location of Star of the Sea Painted Church. In 1990, lava flows from the Kūpaʻianahā vent of Kīlauea destroyed and partly buried most of the town. | [7] | |
Kalaupapa | Kalawao | Kalaupapa National Historical Park, formerly a lepar colony | [8] | |
Kalawao | 1910s | Kalawao | Preserved for agriculture and conservation uses | [9] |
Kapoho | 2018 | Hawaii | Destroyed by an eruption of Kīlauea in 1960, rebuilt and destroyed again in 2018 by volcanic eruption | [10] |
Kawailoa | 1997 | Honolulu | Mill camp for the Waialua Sugar Company | [11] |
Keomuku Village | 1899 | Maui | Population moved to Lanai City, following the failure of the Maunalei Sugar Company | [12] |
Kualoa Sugar Mill | 1870s | Honolulu | Kualoa Sugar Mill closed its operations in 1870 | [13] |
Laupahoehoe | Hawaii | Struck by tsunamis of 1946 and 1960 | [14] | |
Lihu‘e Sugar Plantation | Kauai | Lihu’e Plantation Company on Kauai originated in 1849 as a partnership between Charles Reed Bishop, Judge William Little Lee, Henry A. Pierce of Boston and H Hackfeld & Co | [15] | |
Mahukona | 1950s | Hawaii | By 1937, the Kohala Sugar Company had consolidated into the mill at Māhukona, and became Mahukona Terminals Ltd. In 1941 the port closed for World War II. On October 29, 1945, the railroad closed | [16] |
Makee Sugar Mill and Village | 1933 | Kauai | In 1877, Capt. James Makee, from Ulupalakua on Maui, was joined by King Kalakaua and several prominent businessmen in purchasing the Ernest Krull sugar estate on the island of Kauai. The purchase of this land established the Makee Sugar Company at Kapa’a. | [17] |
Mānā Camp | 1950s | Kauai | Now part of the Mānā Plains Forest Reserve | [18] |
Old Sugar Mill of Koloa | 1874 | Kauai | U.S. National Register of Historic Places, U.S. National Historic Landmark | [19] |
Waiākea | Hawaii | Waiākea is an ancient subdivision (ahupuaʻa) in the Hilo District of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi and an early settlement on Hilo Bay. | [20] | |
Waialeʻe Industrial School for Boys | 1950s | Honolulu | North shore, near Sunset Beach | [21] |
Waialua Sugar Mill | 1996 | Honolulu | aka Halstead Sugar Mill, operated 1865-1996 | [22][23] |
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