Waimea, Kauaʻi County, Hawaii
Census-designated place in Hawaii, United States
Summary
Waimea is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kauaʻi County, Hawaii, United States. It is on the southwest coast of the island of Kauaʻi and had a population of 2,057 at the 2020 census. The first Europeans to reach Hawaii landed in Waimea in 1778.
Originally created by Ram-Man
10/18/2002, 5:35:23 PM
Modified
3/5/2026, 10:15:36 PM
Recent revisions
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edited to remove unencylopedic language.
Corrected a punctuation mark from apostraphe to the proper okina, which I did not know existed or had its own name!
Revise "about" to include a more likely confused subject (the other town named Waimea rather than the bay) while still including link to disambiguation
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add {{Use American English}} template per [[MOS:TIES]]
So refs don't get squished in desktop view
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[[Niʻihau High and Elementary School]] is on the island of Niihau. Waimea is on Kauai island. Add library.
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Kwamikagami moved page [[Waimea, Kauai County, Hawaii]] to [[Waimea, Kauaʻi County, Hawaii]]
/* top */ clean up, replaced: 2020 United States Census → 2020 United States census
rv good faith -- "wreck" is the common term used by historians of this event; there's a Waimea Bay on Kauai too here's the GNIS entry: https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/gaz-record/364797
removed Waimea Bay which is at Oahu
/* Economy */ Ships do not wreck. This one stranded.
