Koloa, Hawaii

Koloa, Hawaii Location in Kauai County and the state of Hawaii Location in Kauai County and the state of Hawaii State Hawaii Koloa is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kaua i County, Hawaii, United States.

Koloa is often incorrectly interpreted as native duck, which is the correct translation for the similar-looking koloa (without the macron). Koloa has no known translation. According to one account, the precinct Koloa was titled for a steep modern called Pali-o-ko-loa which was found in 'Waikomo' stream.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the CDP has a total region of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2), all of it land.

There were 693 homeholds out of which 34.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 47.2% were married couples living together, 18.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 26.8% were non-families.

In the CDP the populace was spread out with 26.0% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older.

The median income for a homehold in the CDP was $34,786, and the median income for a family was $43,393.

About 16.7% of families and 17.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 26.5% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.

The Old Sugar Mill of Koloa was the first primary sugarcane plantation in Hawaii in 1835. Missionary Daniel Dole and his family opened a boarding school for English language speaking children, sometimes called the Koloa Academy, in 1855. Old Sugar Mill A National Historic Landmark.

Founded in 1835, the Koloa sugar plantation and foundry was the first prosperous large-scale sugar operation in the Hawaiian Islands. United States Enumeration Bureau.

"Old Sugar Mill of Koloa nomination form" (PDF).

National Register of Historic Places.

Old Sugar Mill of Koloa National Historic Landmark Koloa Plantation 1835 - 1935.

Sugar in Hawaii.

Islands, municipalities, and communities of Kauai County, Hawaii, United States

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Census-designated places in Kauai County, Hawaii - Populated places on Kauai - Populated places established in 1835 - 1835 establishments in Hawaii