Koloa (Koloa)
Kōloa is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 2,231 at the 2020 census, up from 1,942 at the 2000 census. The first successful sugarcane plantation in the Hawaiian Islands was started here in 1835. It became a part of Grove Farm in 1948.
The name Kōloa is often incorrectly translated as "native duck", which is the correct translation for the similar-looking koloa (without the macron). Kōloa means "a long cane with a crook." According to one account, the district of Kōloa was named for a steep rock called Pali-o-kō-loa which was found in Waikomo Stream.
Kōloa is located on the southern side of the island of Kauai at 21.90722°N, -159.46583°W (21.907137, -159.465877). It is bordered to the northwest by Omao and to the south by Poipu.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.2 km2, all of it recorded as land. Waikomo Stream passes through the center of the community.
The name Kōloa is often incorrectly translated as "native duck", which is the correct translation for the similar-looking koloa (without the macron). Kōloa means "a long cane with a crook." According to one account, the district of Kōloa was named for a steep rock called Pali-o-kō-loa which was found in Waikomo Stream.
Kōloa is located on the southern side of the island of Kauai at 21.90722°N, -159.46583°W (21.907137, -159.465877). It is bordered to the northwest by Omao and to the south by Poipu.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.2 km2, all of it recorded as land. Waikomo Stream passes through the center of the community.
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