Kaumakani, Hawaii

History

Kaumakani was officially known as "Makaweli" (which means "fearful features" in the Hawaiian language) for over forty years; Makaweli was an ancient land division (ahupuaa). In 1914, the Board on Geographic Names ruled that the community was to be named Makaweli, and in 1956 officially renamed the community Kaumakani. Its post office is designated "Kaumakani" and uses the ZIP code 96747. The post office is only open in the mornings.

In 2008, a small settlement to the west at known as Pākalā Village was designated its own CDP. Pākalā Village has its own post office named "Makaweli" with ZIP code 96769, open only in afternoons. Makaweli Landing at Pākala was called "Robinson's Landing", since the family of Aubrey Robinson ran a private ferry to their island of Niihau. Pākalā means "the sun shines" in Hawaiian.

Geography

Kaumakani is located on the southern shore of Kauai island at (21.920292, -159.624281). The main road is Kaumualii Highway, Route 50.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Kaumakani CDP has a total area of 2.74 km2, of which 2.46 km2 are land and 0.29 km2, or 10.46%, are water.

Climate

|Jan record high F = 88 |Feb record high F = 91 |Mar record high F = 89 |Apr record high F = 91 |May record high F = 91 |Jun record high F = 94 |Jul record high F = 92 |Aug record high F = 95 |Sep record high F = 93 |Oct record high F = 92 |Nov record high F = 90 |Dec record high F = 90 |year record high F=

|Jan avg record high F = 82.9 |Feb avg record high F = 83.0 |Mar avg record high F = 84.0 |Apr avg record high F = 84.8 |May avg record high F = 86.8 |Jun avg record high F = 88.3 |Jul avg record high F = 89.3 |Aug avg record high F = 90.4 |Sep avg record high F = 89.8 |Oct avg record high F = 88.6 |Nov avg record high F = 86.3 |Dec avg record high F = 84.1 |year avg record high F = 90.7

|Jan avg record low F = 59.1 |Feb avg record low F = 58.3 |Mar avg record low F = 59.3 |Apr avg record low F = 61.8 |May avg record low F = 62.8 |Jun avg record low F = 67.0 |Jul avg record low F = 67.6 |Aug avg record low F = 68.6 |Sep avg record low F = 68.9 |Oct avg record low F = 67.0 |Nov avg record low F = 63.7 |Dec avg record low F = 62.6 |year avg record low F = 55.7

|Jan record low F = 50 |Feb record low F = 50 |Mar record low F = 50 |Apr record low F = 54 |May record low F = 53 |Jun record low F = 56 |Jul record low F = 58 |Aug record low F = 58 |Sep record low F = 57 |Oct record low F = 58 |Nov record low F = 55 |Dec record low F = 54 |year record low F=

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 607 people, 207 households, and 162 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 635.7 PD/sqmi. There were 234 housing units at an average density of 245.1 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the CDP was 4% White, 77% Asian, 2% Pacific Islander,

There were 207 households, out of which 33% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60% were married couples living together, 9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21% were non-families. 18% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.93 and the average family size was 3.34.

In the CDP the population was spread out, with 26% under the age of 18, 6% from 18 to 24, 28% from 25 to 44, 20% from 45 to 64, and 20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.7 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $34,583, and the median income for a family was $41,250. Males had a median income of $26,429 versus $23,654 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $14,024. About 9% of families and 11% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11% of those under age 18 and 8% of those age 65 or over.

References

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