ʻĀpua

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE · HAWAII

A historical populated place in Hawaii County, Hawaii, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name: ʻĀpua
Feature Type: Populated Place (historical)
State: Hawaii
County: Hawaii County
USGS Map: Makaopuhi Crater
Coordinates: 19.2599424, -155.1950598
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GNIS Feature ID: 1905295

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS historical note

Destroyed by tidal wave on 2 April 1868.

Also recorded as

Apua

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1905295. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

Text Clark, John R.K. Beaches of Kaua'i and Ni'ihau. Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press, 1990.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.