Hawaiʻi Island · HI
Nāʻālehu
"Southernmost town in the U.S.A.," by its own motto.
- Population
- 811 (2020 census)
Then
- Plantation era
The Hutchinson Sugar Plantation Company builds camps that become Nāʻālehu, Honuapo, Hīlea and Kaʻalaiki.
- About 1911
A central mill is built at Honuapo, whose landing ships sugar cheaply.
- By 1928
The camps are merged into Nāʻālehu.
Now
Nāʻālehu is in the Kaʻū District near the southern tip of the island. The tide station is at Honuapo.