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History · Heeia

Heeia’s post office opened in 1900, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

More historic than 15% of U.S. towns · #49 of 93 in Hawaii. What drives it

Most of Heeia was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Its Register listing is the Leleahina Heiau. Below: maps from 1954 on.

1900first post office
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Heeia began

When was Heeia founded?

1900

The Heeia post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 5,001126 years

How historic is Heeia?

C−

More historic than 15% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Heeia post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Heeia’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Heeia is more historic than 15% of U.S. towns, #49 of 93 in Hawaii. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Heeia’s overall grade.
Founding era1900, from the first post office: founded 1900–1944, an older era than 9% of U.S. townsDHomes built before 19400.0% of homes (±1.0) · typical HI town 1.7% · U.S. 8.4%D−National Register1 listing, 1.9 per 10,000 residents · typical HI town 0.0 · U.S. 2.4B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 15%
NewerOlder
Hawaii towns of 2,500+ (93)Ahead of 48%

Few Hawaii towns list much on the Register (a typical Hawaii town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Heeia’s 1.9 sits above most of its state (73% of Hawaii towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to C. The pre-1940 share (±1.0 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Heeia’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Heeia are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Heeia’s history is told.

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The story so far

Heeia, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Heeia yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Heʻeia (Hawaiian pronunciation: [hɛˈʔɛjə]) is a census-designated place comprising several neighborhoods located in the City & County of Honolulu and the Koʻolaupoko District on the island of Oʻahu north of Kāneʻohe. In Hawaiian the words heʻe ʻia mean "washed away", alluding to a victory achieved by the populace against others from leeward Oʻahu, aided by a tsunami that washed the combatants off the shore. Heʻeia includes Haʻikū Valley and Heʻeia Kea. The population was 5,001 at the 2020 census. The area is almost entirely one of homes and apartments. Parts of Heʻeia lie along Kāneʻohe Bay, but public access is non-existent owing to private ownership of the property behind the shore. Notab…

Its first post office opened in 1900. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 4,963 in 2010, 5,001 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Heeia, 1900 to 1954

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1900Post officeThe Heeia post office opens
  3. 1936Post officeThe Heeia post office closes
  4. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Heeia on the map, 1954 to 1998

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Heeia. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Heeia on the 1954 USGS mapHeeia on the 1968 USGS mapHeeia on the 1983 USGS mapHeeia on the 1998 USGS map1954Kaneohe sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Heeia.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Heeia

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1973
Leleahina Heiau
Leleahina Heiau
Structures
All 1 listings
Leleahina HeiauStructure · listed 1973

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Heeia had its own post office from 1900 to 1936.

Heeia
1900–1936
19001960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Heʻeia
Gone or out of use
Omega United States Coast Guard Stationlocale
1cemetery inside Heeia
Heeia Japanese

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Kaneohe1 historic placeC−Ahuimanu1 historic placeD

Questions about Heeia’s history

What year was Heeia founded?

The Heeia post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Heeia rank for history?

Heeia is more historic than 15% of U.S. towns, #49 of 93 in Hawaii. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

What is on the National Register in Heeia?

One place: the Leleahina Heiau (listed 1973).

How old are the homes in Heeia?

0.0% of Heeia’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.0 points), against a typical 1.7% for a Hawaii town; the median home was built in 1970.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.