Hawaii Gazetteers

Two helpful sources for finding the names of early towns and geographical features in Hawaii are:

United States. Board on Geographic Names.Hawaiian Islands: Official Standard Names. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1956. (FHL book 996.9 E5U; film 1033989.) Use of this book requires geological survey maps.

Pukui, Mary Kawena. Place Names of Hawaii. Honolulu, Hawaii: University Press of Hawaii, 1974. (FHL book 996.9 E2p.)