The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusOcean Pointe is a housing development and a census-designated place (CDP) located in the ʻEwa District and the City & County of Honolulu on the leeward side of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi about fifteen miles (24 km) from Honolulu. As of the 2020 census, Ocean Pointe had a population of 14,965. This general area was previously known just as ʻEwa. In the late 19th century to early 20th century, ʻEwa was one of the large population centers on the Island of Oʻahu, with industry focused around sugar cane production. The ʻEwa Mill was a major employer that set up residential villages. Sugar cane is no longer grown on the ʻEwa Plain and Ocean Pointe is now part of Oʻahu's new suburban growth center—an area o…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 8,361 to 14,965 (+79%). Half of its homes were built before 2009.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ocean Pointe yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Ocean Pointe’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ocean Pointe’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Ocean Pointe, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Ocean Pointe is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Ocean Pointe has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Ewa Plain Battlefield in Kalaeloa, 1.6 miles away.
Ocean Pointe and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
From Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.