Iroquois Point is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States, on the island of

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near

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. The population was 4,549 at the 2020 census. "Iroquois Point" refers to the geographic land area that is occupied by the Kapilina Beach Homes (known as "Waterfront at Pu'uloa" until 2015 and "Iroquois Point Island Club" prior to 2008), a firing range, a Navy Exchange shoppette and gas station, and Iroquois Point Elementary School. Once primarily used as a military housing community, it is now privately operated.

Geography

Iroquois Point is located at 21°19'46" north, 157°58'51" west (21.329350, -157.980963). It is reached from North Road in

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by turning onto Iroquois Drive. Alternatively, Iroquois Point Road from Fort Weaver Road in Ewa to West Loch Drive, and West Loch Drive south connecting to the end of North Road just beyond Iroquois Drive. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and is water. The total area is 15.62% water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,462 people, 675 households, and 660 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,035 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 76.81%

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, 5.56%

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, 1.06% Native American, 4.14% Asian, 0.89%

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, 4.10% from other races, and 7.43% from two or more races. 7.88% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. There were 675 households, out of which 83.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 95.0% were

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living together, 1.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 2.2% were non-families. 1.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 0.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.65 and the average family size was 3.68. In the CDP the population was spread out, with 44.5% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 48.1% from 25 to 44, 2.6% from 45 to 64, and 0.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.1 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $44,200, and the median income for a family was $44,200. Males had a median income of $33,590 versus $26,458 for females. The

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for the CDP was $13,257. 1.8% of the population and 2.5% of families were below the

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. Out of the total population, 1.7% of those under the age of 18 and 0.0% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

History

The name of Iroquois Point was derived from the name USS ''Iroquois'' which was held by two

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ships. Both ships had history that related to that spot at the entrance to Pearl Harbor. USS ''Iroquois'', a steam

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commissioned in 1850, was outfitted as a

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to provide care to U.S. sailors aboard vessels anchored in

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, and it is believed that the ship was anchored near the present Iroquois Point site. The second USS ''Iroquois'', a commercial

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commissioned in 1898, was assigned to Commander F. Merry as part of his operations at Naval Station Honolulu. During WWII the Seabees built a Seabee encampment of four 1000 man Construction Battalion areas at Iroquois Point with a chapel.136th Seabee cruisebook, 135th CB, Yokouska, Japan, Oct 1945, Seabee Museum Archives, Port Hueneme, C

/ref> They also built an Advance Base Reshipment Depot (ABRD) and an Advance Base Construction Depot (ABCD). Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 523 was stationed at the ABRD. Iroquois Point also had an annex to the Bishop point Section Station and Anti-submarine net, Net Depot across the harbor channel. The annex had a barracks, officer's quarters and 600' of

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. Starting in the summer of 2003 this U.S. Navy property was leased to Hunt Building Co. and Fluor Federal Services LLC—a joint venture now operating as Ford Island Properties—in exchange for in-kind construction and infrastructure repairs on

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. This unprecedented arrangement was made possible through special legislation passed by

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in 1999. The Navy gave the developers a 65-year lease of Iroquois Point/Puuloa, a parcel on Ford Island, and the Hālawa Landing—all underutilized Navy properties. The developers also were allowed to purchase of housing at

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after three years and given outright ownership of the former Waikele Naval Magazine (Gordon, 2005). Built in the 1960s, the homes on the north side of Puuloa Lagoon were empty when renovations began in August 2003, with more than 100 tradesmen working on a daily basis, moving block by block through the housing development. Something less than half of the 1,463 homes were upgraded with an initial investment of about $20 million. Beyond that, several million dollars is to be invested for amenities, such as a community center (Gordon, 2005). Iroquois Point housing lies directly under the

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of runway 8L of

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. Neighborhood residents are often witness to large commercial and military jets that land at the airport flying low over the area.

Education

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operates public schools. Iroquois Point Elementary School is in the area though it is outside the CDP and has an Ewa Beach postal address.2010 Map:
2000 map:

References

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