:Princeville, Hawaii

Princeville is bordered to the east by Kalihiwai, to the west by Hanalei, and to the north by the Pacific Ocean. It is the northernmost settlement in the state of Hawaii.{{cite web|url=http://weekendroady.com/2013/05/02/extreme-settlements-a-comprehensive-list/|publisher=Weekend Roady|access-date=2014-08-20|date=2013-05-02|title=EXTREME SETTLEMENTS: A COMPREHENSIVE LIST}} For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Princeville as a census-designated place (CDP). The census definition of the area may not precisely correspond to local understanding of the area with the same name.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Princeville CDP has a total area of {{convert|6.4|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|6.2|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.2|km2|order=flip|1}}, or 2.60%, are water.

{{Weather box

| single line = Y

| location = Princeville, Hawaii, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1999–2017

|Jan record high F = 88

|Feb record high F = 89

|Mar record high F = 91

|Apr record high F = 89

|May record high F = 90

|Jun record high F = 101

|Jul record high F = 94

|Aug record high F = 96

|Sep record high F = 95

|Oct record high F = 94

|Nov record high F = 92

|Dec record high F = 89

| Jan high F =78.4

| Feb high F =77.2

| Mar high F =76.5

| Apr high F =79.6

| May high F =82.5

| Jun high F =83.6

| Jul high F =84.8

| Aug high F =85.9

| Sep high F =84.6

| Oct high F =83.0

| Nov high F =80.1

| Dec high F =77.6

| Jan mean F =70.3

| Feb mean F =69.9

| Mar mean F =69.9

| Apr mean F =72.2

| May mean F =74.6

| Jun mean F =75.8

| Jul mean F =77.0

| Aug mean F =77.7

| Sep mean F =77.1

| Oct mean F =75.5

| Nov mean F =73.5

| Dec mean F =71.3

| Jan low F =62.3

| Feb low F =62.6

| Mar low F =63.3

| Apr low F =64.8

| May low F =66.7

| Jun low F =68.1

| Jul low F =69.3

| Aug low F =69.5

| Sep low F =69.7

| Oct low F =68.1

| Nov low F =66.9

| Dec low F =65.1

|Jan record low F = 54

|Feb record low F = 56

|Mar record low F = 56

|Apr record low F = 58

|May record low F = 55

|Jun record low F = 57

|Jul record low F = 59

|Aug record low F = 62

|Sep record low F = 59

|Oct record low F = 62

|Nov record low F = 59

|Dec record low F = 54

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation inch = 5.43

|Feb precipitation inch = 6.63

|Mar precipitation inch = 8.26

|Apr precipitation inch = 5.60

|May precipitation inch = 5.10

|Jun precipitation inch = 5.01

|Jul precipitation inch = 5.42

|Aug precipitation inch = 6.29

|Sep precipitation inch = 5.54

|Oct precipitation inch = 6.43

|Nov precipitation inch = 7.43

|Dec precipitation inch = 8.03

|year precipitation inch =

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in

|Jan precipitation days = 17.7

|Feb precipitation days = 16.7

|Mar precipitation days = 20.9

|Apr precipitation days = 22.8

|May precipitation days = 21.3

|Jun precipitation days = 24.9

|Jul precipitation days = 26.4

|Aug precipitation days = 25.8

|Sep precipitation days = 22.4

|Oct precipitation days = 22.6

|Nov precipitation days = 22.5

|Dec precipitation days = 21.8

|source 1 = NOAA

{{cite web

|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00518165&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL

|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Princeville RCH 1117, HI

|access-date = March 6, 2023

}}

|source 2 = National Weather Service

{{cite web

|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=hfo

|publisher = National Weather Service

|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Honolulu

|access-date = March 6, 2023

}}

}}

File:Hideaways Beach Strand Princeville Kauai Hawaii (32405782688).jpg

This region was part of the Crown Lands following the Great Māhele.{{cite book |last1=Van Dyke |first1=Jon M. |title=Who Owns the Crown Lands of Hawai'i |date=2008 |publisher=University of Hawai'i Press |isbn=978-0-8248-3211-7 |page=Insert, following page 68 |edition=13}} 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 and John Bernard for a coffee plantation and this lease of Crown Lands was sold to Robert Crichton Wyllie in 1853.{{cite journal |last1=Group 70 International Inc. |title=Princeville Ranch Agricultural subdivision planning report |date=April 2010 |page=152 |url=https://files.hawaii.gov/luc/dockets/a83557princeville_dev_corp/a83557_princeville_motion_a.pdf |access-date=2021-03-20}} The area was named in honor of an 1860 visit by Prince Albert Kamehameha, son of King Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma. It was then a plantation leased by Robert Crichton Wyllie.{{cite web |url= http://wehewehe.org/cgi-bin/hdict?a=q&j=pp&l=en&q=Wyllie |title= lookup of Wyllie |work= on Place Names of Hawai'i |author= Mary Kawena Pukui and Elbert |year= 2004 |publisher= Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii |access-date= 2010-03-15 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120716114317/http://wehewehe.org/cgi-bin/hdict?a=q&j=pp&l=en&q=Wyllie |archive-date= 2012-07-16 }} He named another part of the plantation "Emmaville", but that name never stuck.{{cite book |title= Kauai: The Separate Kingdom |author= Edward Joesting |pages=180–187 |publisher= University of Hawaii Press |year= 1988 |isbn= 978-0-8248-1162-4 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=GfWj0Pt3cwoC&pg=PA182 }}

Originally the land was planted with coffee, which was not suited to the wet lowlands. It was then planted with sugarcane. 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 and later became a cattle ranch.{{cite news |hdl= 10524/630|title= Princeville Plantation Papers |work= Hawaiian Journal of History |publisher=Hawaii Historical Society |volume=16 |author= Rhoda E. A. Hackler |year= 1982 |pages= 65–85}}{{cite news|title=Suicide|newspaper=The Pacific Commercial Advertiser|location=Honolulu|date=February 17, 1866|volume=X|number=33|page=2|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015418/1866-02-17/ed-1/seq-2/|access-date=August 5, 2015}} It was sold for development in 1968{{Cite web|last=Steinhorst|first=John|date=September 27, 2017|title=Princeville developer Trueblood dies|url=https://www.thegardenisland.com/2017/09/27/hawaii-news/princeville-developer-trueblood-dies/|access-date=2020-06-20|website=The Garden Island|language=en-US}} and became a golf course and resort called "Princeville at Hanalei".{{cite web|url=http://wehewehe.org/cgi-bin/hdict?a=q&j=pp&l=en&q=Princeville |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719081256/http://wehewehe.org/cgi-bin/hdict?a=q&j=pp&l=en&q=Princeville |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-19 |title=lookup of Princeville |work=on Place Names of Hawai'i |author=Mary Kawena Pukui and Elbert |year=2004 |publisher=Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii |access-date=2010-03-15 }}

{{US Census population

|2020= 2157

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}

}}

File:Princeville Kauai, Hawaii (45553791294).jpg, Princeville]]

File:Water Fountain in Princeville, Kauai - panoramio (1).jpg

As of the census{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }} of 2000, there were 1,698 people, 752 households, and 491 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|806.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,640 housing units at an average density of {{convert|779.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 81.3% White, 0.3% African American, 0.5% Native American, 4.6% Asian, 3.4% Pacific Islander, 1.0% from other races, and 9.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino 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 per capita income for the CDP was $37,971. About 7.4% of families and 8.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.5% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.

• Legacy of Prince Albert Kamehameha
• Queen's Bath

{{Reflist}}

{{commons category}}

• {{cite web |title= Princeville History |work= I Heart Princeville web site |year= 2022 |url= https://iheartprinceville.com/overview/princeville-history/ |access-date= 2022-08-24 }}

{{Kauai County, Hawaii}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Census-designated places in Kauai County, Hawaii

Category:Populated places on Kauai

Category:Populated coastal places in Hawaii