1 of Kaneohe Base’s places is on the National Register
More historic than 23% of U.S. towns · #36 of 93 in Hawaii. What drives it
Most of Kaneohe Base was built recently: 0.1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2005. Below: maps from 1952 on.
About Kaneohe Base’s history
How historic is Kaneohe Base?
More historic than 23% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
What drives Kaneohe Base’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Kaneohe Base is more historic than 23% of U.S. towns, #36 of 93 in Hawaii. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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 Kaneohe Base’s 0.9 sits near the middle of its state (65% of Hawaii towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: our sources. 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 Kaneohe Base’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Start Kaneohe Base’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kaneohe Base’s history is told.
1 historic place in Kaneohe Base
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier.
★ LandmarkNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Kaneohe Base on the map, 1952 to 1998
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Kaneohe Base. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1952Mokapu sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Kaneohe Base.
Places now gone
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Kaneohe Base’s history
How does Kaneohe Base rank for history?
Kaneohe Base is more historic than 23% of U.S. towns, #36 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 Kaneohe Base?
One place: the Kaneohe Naval Air Station (listed 1987).
How old are the homes in Kaneohe Base?
0.1% of Kaneohe Base’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 1.7% for a Hawaii town; the median home was built in 2005.
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 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.