McCully is a neighborhood of census designated place Honolulu, Honolulu county, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. [1]
McCully is a neighborhood of census designated place Honolulu, Honolulu county, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. [1]
McCully is named after Lawrence McCully (1831–1892) who was a justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court and Speaker of the Hawaii House of Representatives. [2]
On January 6, 2025, a structure fire in McCully killed a responding firefighter from the Honolulu Fire Department. [3] The ATF opened an investigation into the fire. [4]
McCully is part of Hawaii's 1st congressional district and District 23 in the Hawaii House of Representatives. [6]
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Events from 2025 in Hawaii.
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