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Kekaha, Hawaii
Kekaha (literally, "the place" in Hawaiian) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kauaʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States. The population was 3,715 at the 2020 census, up from 3,175 at the 2000 census.
By 1884 a sugar mill (later the Kekaha Sugar Mill) was operating within Kekaha. The mill was jointly owned by Otto Isenberg, Carl Isenberg, Paul Isenberg, Albert Wilcox, G. N. Wilcox, and S. M. Wilcox. By 1898, the Kekaha Sugar Mill Company was merged with other local interests to form the Kekaha Sugar Company.
The sugar mill had a major influence in Kekaha's development, including banking, employment, transportation, housing and utilities such as water and electricity.[citation needed] The mill employed several generations of local families. It closed in 2000 when the entire sugar industry in Hawaiʻi collapsed. The mill was purchased in 2005 by mainland investors who sold off its heavy machinery to other mills as far away as Africa.[citation needed]
Hawaiʻi's first (and only) train robbery occurred here in February 1920, when a masked gunman stopped a slow-moving sugar train and escaped with the locomotive and $11,000 (~$172,656 in 2024) taken from the labor paymaster on board. Police recovered the money in a swamp near the home of a local fisherman, whose suspicious behavior soon resulted in his arrest and conviction. The fisherman was a big fan of Western movies, and was thought to have been inspired by some of the films he had seen.
Kekaha is located on the southwest side of the island of Kauai at 21°58′18″N 159°42′59″W / 21.97167°N 159.71639°W (21.971690, -159.716290). It is bordered to the east by Waimea and to the south by the Pacific Ocean. Hawaii Route 50 passes through the community, leading northwest 7 miles (11 km) to its end at the Pacific Missile Range Facility and east 15 miles (24 km) to Kalaheo.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Kekaha CDP has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2), of which 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2) is land and 0.31 square miles (0.8 km2), or 22.48%, are water.
According to data from a weather station affiliated with the Pacific Missile Range Facility 7 miles (11 km) from town, Kekaha has the climate type of the hot semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSh). The annual precipitation is 17.84 inches (453 mm), of which summer is the dry season and winter is the rainy season. December is the wettest month, while August is the driest.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,175 people, 1,073 households, and 799 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 3,178.2 inhabitants per square mile (1,227.1/km2). There were 1,162 housing units at an average density of 1,163.2 units per square mile (449.1 units/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 15.9% White, 0.2% African American, 0.5% Native American, 43.6% Asian, 12.4% Pacific Islander, 1.0% from other races, and 26.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.7% of the population.
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Kekaha, Hawaii
Kekaha (literally, "the place" in Hawaiian) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kauaʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States. The population was 3,715 at the 2020 census, up from 3,175 at the 2000 census.
By 1884 a sugar mill (later the Kekaha Sugar Mill) was operating within Kekaha. The mill was jointly owned by Otto Isenberg, Carl Isenberg, Paul Isenberg, Albert Wilcox, G. N. Wilcox, and S. M. Wilcox. By 1898, the Kekaha Sugar Mill Company was merged with other local interests to form the Kekaha Sugar Company.
The sugar mill had a major influence in Kekaha's development, including banking, employment, transportation, housing and utilities such as water and electricity.[citation needed] The mill employed several generations of local families. It closed in 2000 when the entire sugar industry in Hawaiʻi collapsed. The mill was purchased in 2005 by mainland investors who sold off its heavy machinery to other mills as far away as Africa.[citation needed]
Hawaiʻi's first (and only) train robbery occurred here in February 1920, when a masked gunman stopped a slow-moving sugar train and escaped with the locomotive and $11,000 (~$172,656 in 2024) taken from the labor paymaster on board. Police recovered the money in a swamp near the home of a local fisherman, whose suspicious behavior soon resulted in his arrest and conviction. The fisherman was a big fan of Western movies, and was thought to have been inspired by some of the films he had seen.
Kekaha is located on the southwest side of the island of Kauai at 21°58′18″N 159°42′59″W / 21.97167°N 159.71639°W (21.971690, -159.716290). It is bordered to the east by Waimea and to the south by the Pacific Ocean. Hawaii Route 50 passes through the community, leading northwest 7 miles (11 km) to its end at the Pacific Missile Range Facility and east 15 miles (24 km) to Kalaheo.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Kekaha CDP has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2), of which 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2) is land and 0.31 square miles (0.8 km2), or 22.48%, are water.
According to data from a weather station affiliated with the Pacific Missile Range Facility 7 miles (11 km) from town, Kekaha has the climate type of the hot semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSh). The annual precipitation is 17.84 inches (453 mm), of which summer is the dry season and winter is the rainy season. December is the wettest month, while August is the driest.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,175 people, 1,073 households, and 799 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 3,178.2 inhabitants per square mile (1,227.1/km2). There were 1,162 housing units at an average density of 1,163.2 units per square mile (449.1 units/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 15.9% White, 0.2% African American, 0.5% Native American, 43.6% Asian, 12.4% Pacific Islander, 1.0% from other races, and 26.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.7% of the population.