Now a bedroom community for Hilo, Keaau formerly was a sugar plantation town. Situated along the road between Hilo and Volcano at a fork which leads to Pahoa, it was advantageously situated as a nexus between the various towns. Its mill closed in 1990, and since that time its historic commercial core has been seriously eroded by the development of shopping centers.
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