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Old 03-14-2010, 03:00 PM
 
Location: Kauai
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The area up north - some call it Waimea, some Kamuela. Are they actually two different areas, or different names for the same town? What's behind the two names?

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Old 03-14-2010, 05:40 PM
 
Location: Kūkiʻo, HI & Manhattan Beach, CA
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The area up north - some call it Waimea, some Kamuela. Are they actually two different areas, or different names for the same town? What's behind the two names?

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It's the same town. I'm tempted to write about Samuel Palmer Parker (aka "Kamuela"), but I feel lazy today so here are a couple of links...

Waimea (Kamuela) Big Island of Hawaii - Brief History
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:W_...Parker_(Hawaii)
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Old 03-14-2010, 06:04 PM
 
Location: Kauai
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Perfect! Thanks.
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Old 03-15-2010, 03:20 AM
 
Location: Moku Nui, Hawaii
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They just had a discussion about it on the radio the other day. There are too many Waimeas in this state for the post office to be happy with yet another "Waimea post office" so they named the post office "Kamuela" after Samuel Parker. So the town is named Waimea and the post office is named Kamuela. Somehow the airport also is named Kamuela, though. The radio didn't mention about that.
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