04-02-2024, 06:18 PM
(04-01-2024, 07:45 PM)terracore Wrote: This would totally work too. Just like when they renamed Saddle Road to Daniel K. Inouye Highway... or Waimea to Kamuela. The old names were quickly forgotten, tossed into the dustbin of history!Waimea is still Waimea. 'Kamuela' is the name of the Post Office named after the first Postmaster in Waimea. Just like how the town of Kailua is still Kailua, Kailua-Kona (with or without the dash) is the name of the Post Office so it can be differentiated from the Kailua on Oahu. Same thinking as the name of the Waimea town Post Office since there's a Waimea on Kauai and Oahu.
Their numbers are dwindling, but some people still call O'Reilly's in Hilo "Checkers".