Hoʻolehua, Hawaii

Hoʻolehua (pronounced [hoʔoleˈhuwə], also spelled Hoolehua) is an unincorporated community on the island of Molokaʻi in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. It lies just off Hawaii Route 460, next to the Molokai Airport.[1] Its elevation is 620 feet (189 m). Because the community's name has been spelled multiple ways, the Board on Geographic Names officially designated it "Hoʻolehua" in 2003.[2]

Hoʻolehua, Hawaii
Unincorporated community
Ho'olehua is located in Hawaii
Ho'olehua
Ho'olehua
Location in Hawaii
Coordinates: 21°10′16″N 157°4′17″W
CountryUnited States
StateHawaii
CountyMaui
Elevation
620 ft (190 m)
Time zoneUTC-10 (Hawaii-Aleutian (HST))
ZIP codes
96729
GNIS feature ID359414

Hoolehua has a post office with the ZIP code 96729.[3] Since 1991 the post office's Post-a-Nut program provides free coconuts to mail; a sender writes the destination address on the shell, and pays for postage. About 3000 coconuts are mailed around the world each year.[4]

References
  1. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 30.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hoʻolehua, Hawaii, Geographic Names Information System, 2003-09-30. Accessed 2008-04-08.
  3. USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
  4. Nalewicki, Jennifer (2019-06-18). "You Can Mail a Coconut to Anywhere in the World From This Post Office in Hawaii". Smithsonian. Retrieved 2023-03-02.


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