About Kalawao Town

General information and facts about town of Kalawao on the island of Molokai in Hawaii. See also more about Molokai Island, information about other Hawaiian Islands, and our Hawaii Travel Guide.

Kalawao is a local community on the east side of Molokai's Kalaupapa Peninsula. It is one of two leprosy isolation settlements on the peninsula, the other being Kalaupapa Village on the west side of the peninsula. Two churches, a hospital, and several homes were built at Kalawao.

Today only two buildings remain, the Siloama Congregational Church (1936) and St. Philomena Catholic Church. Father Damien's remains are buried in the churchyard of St. Philomena's.

Quick Facts About Kalawao
TYPE: Unincorporated Local Community
POPULATION: Not Tracked
SIZE: Not Tracked
ELEVATION: 66 feet above sea level
TELEPHONE AREA CODE: 808
ISLAND: Molokai Island
COUNTY: Kalawao County

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