Unattended Death and Biohazard Cleanup in Koloa, HI

Kōloa, spelled with a macron over the o in the Census spelling while the dataset spells it Koloa, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kauaʻi County, Hawaii, on the southern side of the island of Kauaʻi.

The 2020 census counted 2,231 residents in Kōloa, up from 1,942 in 2000, and the State of Hawaii Data Book records 753 households there.

Kōloa covers 1.25 square miles, all of it land, at an elevation of 213 feet, and is bordered to the northwest by Omao and to the south by Poipu, with Waikomo Stream passing through the center of the community.

The name Kōloa means "a long cane with a crook," and the district was said to be named for a steep rock called Pali-o-kō-loa in Waikomo Stream.

The Old Sugar Mill of Koloa, founded in 1835, was the first successful large-scale sugar operation in the Hawaiian Islands, and it is a National Historic Landmark; the plantation became part of Grove Farm in 1948.

Missionary Daniel Dole and his family opened a boarding school for English-speaking children in Koloa, sometimes called the Koloa Academy, in 1855.

Saint Raphael Catholic Church in Koloa is the oldest Catholic church on Kauaʻi.

Spouting Horn, a park with a blowhole, is among Koloa's places of interest, along with the Hoʻai heiau, the Kāneiolouma Complex archaeological site of an ancient Hawaiian village, and Makauwahi Cave.

Poipu Bay Golf Course, near Koloa, was home to the PGA Grand Slam of Golf from 1994 to 2006.

The Hawaii State Department of Education operates Koloa Elementary School in the community, and the Hawaii State Public Library System operates the Koloa Public and School Library.