Princeville is a

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area mostly consisting of

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homes and condos on the north shore of the island of

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, United States. The population was 2,158 at the 2010 census, up from 1,698 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Princeville is bordered to the east by Kalihiwai, to the west by Hanalei, and to the north by the

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. It is the northernmost settlement in the state of Hawaii. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Princeville as a

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(CDP). The census definition of the area may not precisely correspond to local understanding of the area with the same name. According to the

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, the Princeville CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 2.60%, are water.

Climate

History

This region was part of the Crown Lands following the

Great Māhele The Great Māhele ("to divide or portion") or just the Māhele was the Hawaiian land redistribution proposed by King Kamehameha III. The Māhele was one of the most important episodes of Hawaiian history, second only to the overthrow of the Hawa ...

. There was no private property prior to the Māhele, but in 1842 the land had been leased by the governor of Kauai to

Godfrey Rhodes Godfrey Rhodes (March 8, 1815 – September 8, 1897) was a royal advisor on the Privy Councils of State to Hawaiian monarchs Kamehameha V, Lunalilo, Kalākaua and Liliʻuokalani. He was both vice president and president of the legislative assemb ...

and John Bernard for a coffee plantation and this lease of Crown Lands was sold to

Robert Crichton Wyllie Robert Crichton Wyllie (October 13, 1798 – October 19, 1865) was a Scottish physician and businessman. He served for twenty years as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Kingdom of Hawaii. Early life Wyllie was born October 13, 1798, in an area c ...

in 1853. The area was named in honor of an 1860 visit by Prince Albert Kamehameha, son of

King Kamehameha IV Kamehameha IV (Alekanetero ʻIolani Kalanikualiholiho Maka o ʻIouli Kūnuiākea o Kūkāʻilimoku; anglicized as Alexander Liholiho) (February 9, 1834 – November 30, 1863), reigned as the fourth monarch of Hawaii under the title ''Ke Aliʻi ...

and Queen Emma. It was then a plantation leased by

. He named another part of the plantation "Emmaville", but that name never stuck. Originally the land was planted with

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, which was not suited to the wet lowlands. It was then planted with

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. Wyllie's nephew Robert Crichton Cochran inherited the land on the condition he would adopt the Wyllie surname, but he died by suicide on February 7, 1866. In 1867 it was purchased by

Elisha Hunt Allen Elisha Hunt Allen (January 28, 1804 – January 1, 1883) was an American congressman, lawyer and diplomat, and judge and diplomat for the Kingdom of Hawaii. Early life Elisha Hunt Allen was born January 28, 1804, in New Salem, Massachusetts. ...

and later became a cattle ranch. It was sold for development in 1968 and became a golf course and resort called "Princeville at Hanalei".

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,698 people, 752 households, and 491 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,640 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 81.3%

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, 0.3%

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, 0.5% Native American, 4.6%

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, 3.4%

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, 1.0% from

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, and 9.0% from two or more races.

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of any race were 4.0% of the population. There were 752 households, out of which 23.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.5% were married couples living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.7% were non-families. 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.70. In the CDP the population was spread out, with 19.3% under the age of 18, 3.4% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 35.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.3 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $63,833, and the median income for a family was $67,266. Males had a median income of $48,229 versus $29,542 for females. The

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for the CDP was $37,971. About 7.4% of families and 8.1% of the population were below the

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, including 11.5% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.

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