Milolii, Hawaii

Milolii: Last fishing village in Hawaii.

Miloli'i is an unincorporated community on the island of Hawaii in the U.S. state of Hawaii, 33 miles south of Kailua-Kona. The village is situated at the seacoast where the 1926 lava flow from Mauna Loa entered the ocean.

Miloli'i is purported to be "the last Hawaiian fishing village" according to a wooden sign in their community center.^[1] Without access to power lines or water, each house provides its own electricity and water with solar panels and tanks that collect rain water.

On February 5, 1868 a tsunami carried a church, named Hau'oli Kamana'o and swept it away to Miloli'i. Surprisingly, the church seemed to be in great condition and still stands in Miloli'i today. They've made a Hawaiian song in memory of that horrible memory of that tsunami that washed the church away and some say people even died in this tsunami. But, because it was the old times they did not have anything to warn them of tsunamis and could only take what they could, therefore leaving behind most things of value to them.

References

Islands, municipalities, and communities of Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States County seat: Hilo Islands Hawaii CDPs Ainaloa Captain Cook Discovery Harbour Eden Roc Fern Acres Fern Forest Halaula Hawaiian Acres Hawaiian Beaches Hawaiian Ocean View Hawaiian Paradise Park Hawi Hilo Holualoa Honalo Honaunau-Napoopoo Honokaa Honomu Kahaluu-Keauhou Kailua Kalaoa Kapaau Keaau Kealakekua Kukuihaele Kurtistown Laupāhoehoe Leilani Estates Mountain View Naalehu Nanawale Estates Orchidlands Estates Paauilo Pahala Pahoa Papaikou Pepeekeo Paukaa Puako Volcano Waikoloa Village Waimea Wainaku Waiohinu Unincorporated communities Ahualoa Hakalau Hōnaunau Kawaihae Keauhou Keokea Milolii Nīnole ʻŌʻōkala Paauhau Pāpaʻaloa Districts Hamakua North Hilo South Hilo Ka'u North Kohala South Kohala North Kona South Kona Puna