Milolii is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 on the island of Hawaii

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 in the U.S. state

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 of Hawaii

Hawaii

Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

. Situated at the bottom of a 1926 lava flow 33 miles south of Kailua-Kona, Milolii is purported to be "the last Hawaiian fishing village" according to a wooden sign in their community center.

Without access to power lines or water, each house provides its own electricity and water with solar panels and tanks that collect rain water.