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| Name | Hawaii |
| Alt names | Hawai'i County | source: Wikipedia | | Hawaii | source: Getty Vocabulary Program | | Hawaii Island | source: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS15000799 | | Hawaiʻi | source: Hawaiʻi State Government (1999) accessed 04/15/99 | | Island of Hawaii | source: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS15000799 | | The Big Island | source: Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Hawaii." Accessed 09/02/03 |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 19.5°N 155.5°W |
| Located in | Hawaii, United States (1905 - ) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Hawaii is the largest island in the United States, located in the state of Hawaii. It is the southeasternmost of the Hawaiian Islands, a chain of volcanic islands in the North Pacific Ocean. With an area of , it has 63% of the Hawaiian archipelago's combined landmass. However, it has only 13% of Hawaiʻi's population. The island of Hawaiʻi is the third largest island in Polynesia, behind the two main islands of New Zealand.
The island is often referred to as the Island of Hawaii or Hawaii Island to distinguish it from the state. It is also referred to as the Big Island. Administratively, the whole island is coextensive with Hawaii County.
As of the 2020 Census the population was 200,629 The county seat and largest city is Hilo. There are no incorporated cities in Hawaiʻi County (see List of counties in Hawaii).
History
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Hawaii is said to have been named after , the legendary Polynesian navigator who first discovered it. Other accounts attribute the name to the legendary realm of Hawaiki, a place from which some Polynesian people are said to have originated, the place where they transition to in the afterlife, or the realm of the gods and goddesses. Captain James Cook, the English explorer and navigator who was captain of the first European expedition that came upon the Hawaiian Islands, called it O-Why-hee (from Hawaiian) and the "Sandwich Islands" after his patron, the Earl of Sandwich. Cook was killed on the Big Island at Kealakekua Bay on 14 February 1779, in a melee which followed the theft of a ship's boat.
Hawaii was the home island of Paiea Kamehameha, later known as Kamehameha the Great. Kamehameha united most of the Hawaiian islands under his rule in 1795, after several years of war, and gave the kingdom and the island chain the name of his native island.
In 1822 the missionary William Ellis arrived and was one of a party that completed a tour of the island, descriptions of which were later published in his journal.
Timeline
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| 1846 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1848 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1854 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1854 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1859 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1900 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1900 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1905 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1900 | 46,843
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| 1910 | 55,382
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| 1920 | 64,895
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| 1930 | 73,325
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| 1940 | 73,276
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| 1950 | 68,350
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| 1960 | 61,332
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| 1970 | 63,468
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| 1980 | 92,053
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| 1990 | 120,317
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
Research Tips
External links
www.hawaii-county.com/
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