Hanapepe or Hanapēpē is a historic, unincorporated community in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States.

[3][4] For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Hanapepe as a census-designated place (CDP).

In 1924, an armed labor dispute involving sugar workers occurred, ending in the Hanapepe massacre.

It is bordered to the east, across the Hanapēpē River and Hanapepe Bay, by the community of Eleele.

For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Hanapepe as a census-designated place (CDP).

The main street has plantation-style buildings built in the 1930s and ’40s that house art galleries, eateries and boutiques.

[12] On August 27, 1980, Douglas Kenney, a co-writer of the film National Lampoon's Animal House, fell 30 feet (9.1 m) to his death from the Hanapepe Lookout.