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History · Seaview

Half of Seaview’s homes were built after 2002

Most of Seaview was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2002. Below: maps from 1924 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Seaview’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 Seaview are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19244 editions of the USGS map, 1924 to 1994. Watch Seaview change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Seaview’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Seaview on the map, 1924 to 1994

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

Seaview on the 1924 USGS mapSeaview on the 1966 USGS mapSeaview on the 1980 USGS mapSeaview on the 1994 USGS map1924Kalapana sheet · 1:62,500

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

The story so far

Seaview, in brief

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

Seaview is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. As of the 2020 census, Seaview had a population of 512. It is on the eastern side of the island of Hawaii and is bordered to the north by Kamaili, to the northwest by Black Sands, to the southwest by Kalapana, and to the southeast by the Pacific Ocean. Hawaii Route 130 forms the northwest edge of the CDP, and Hawaii Route 137 runs along the Pacific coast in the southeast. Seaview was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

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

By decade

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.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Seaview

Nobody well known was born in Seaview itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Robert KiyosakiAmerican finance author and investor · b. 1947
Kamehameha IIMonarch of the Hawaiian Islands · b. 1797
Ryan HigaAmerican Internet personality and actor · b. 1990
KapiolaniQueen consort of the Hawaiian Islands · b. 1834
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Jimmy FeigenAmerican swimmer · b. 1989
Pat SaikiAmerican politician · b. 1930
Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Kalapana Seaview Estates

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Seaview’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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). How TownRatings grades history →

From 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.