Tag: Kealakekua
Kealakekua is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States. The population was 1,645 at the 2000 census.
It was the subject of the 1933 popular song, “My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii” by Bill Cogswell, Tommy Harrison and Johnny Noble which became a Hawaiian Music standard.
See also: Kealakekua Bay, where the British explorer Capt. James Cook was killed.
Kealakekua is located at 19°31′35″N 155°55′22″W / 19.52639°N 155.92278°W / 19.52639; -155.92278 (19.526436, -155.922891).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 7.5 square miles (19 km), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,645 people, 639 households, and 423 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 218.1 people per square mile (84.2/km²). There were 692 housing units at an average density of 91.7 per square mile (35.4/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 24.74% White, 0.73% African American, 0.67% Native American, 36.84%…
