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Kealakekua is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States.The population was 2,019 at the 2010 census, [2] up from 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.
Kealakekua Bay is located on the Kona coast of the island of Hawaiʻi about 12 miles (19 km) south of Kailua-Kona.Settled over a thousand years ago, the surrounding area contains many archeological and historical sites such as religious temples and also includes the spot where the first documented European to reach the Hawaiian islands, Captain James Cook, was killed.
"Hawaiian music, via sheet music, the new technologies of records and radio, and live travelling performances, was a driving force for the 'Hawaii Craze' that besotted the U.S. during the first half of the 20th century." [12] Motion pictures helped keep the fad going through the 1930s, as did television in the 1950s and 1960s. [16]
Captain Cook is located on the west side of the island of Hawaii at (19.498211, −155.904275 It is bordered to the north by Kealakekua and to the south by Honaunau-Napoopoo . Hawaii Route 11 , part of the Hawaii Belt Road , passes through the community, leading north 12 miles (19 km) to Kailua-Kona and south 47 miles (76 km) to Naalehu .
Kona is a moku or district on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi in the State of Hawaii, known for its Kona coffee and the Ironman World Championship Triathlon. [1] In the administration of Hawaiʻi County, the moku of Kona is divided into North Kona District (Kona ‘Akau) and South Kona District (Kona Hema).
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This is a list of properties and districts on the island of Hawaiʻi in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.The island is coterminous with Hawaiʻi County, the state's only county that covers exactly one island.
Death of Cook is the name of several paintings depicting the 1779 death of the first European visitor to the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook at Kealakekua Bay.