Editing Captain Cook, Hawaii (section)

==Geography==
Captain Cook is located on the west side of the island of [[Hawaii (island)|Hawaii]] at {{Coord|19|29|54|N|155|54|15|W|type:city_region:US-HI}} (19.498211, −155.904275).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is bordered to the north by [[Kealakekua, Hawaii|Kealakekua]] and to the south by [[Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii|Honaunau-Napoopoo]]. [[Hawaii Belt Road#Route 11|Hawaii Route 11]], part of the [[Hawaii Belt Road]], passes through the community, leading north {{convert|12|mi}} to [[Kailua, Hawaii County, Hawaii|Kailua-Kona]] and south {{convert|47|mi}} to [[Naalehu, Hawaii|Naalehu]]. [[Hawaii Route 160]] diverges from Route 11 in Captain Cook, leading south by a winding road {{convert|4|mi|0}} to [[Napoopoo, Hawaii|Napoopoo]] on [[Kealakekua Bay]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Captain Cook CDP has a total area of {{convert|33.3|km2|order=flip}}, all of it land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

Most of Captain Cook lies between the {{convert|800|ft|m|adj=on}} and {{convert|2000|ft|m|adj=on}} elevation, which makes it ideal as a [[coffee]]-growing region. It sits on the top of an ancient fault which created the famous [[Kealakekua Bay]]. Prior to the 1960s, most of Captain Cook was part of the vast Kealakekua Ranch, founded in the 1850s by English immigrant [[Henry Nicholas Greenwell]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Federal money proposed for ranch: $4 million would ensure easement |newspaper= [[West Hawaii Today]] |author= Bobby Command |date= July 4, 2007 |url= http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/articles/2007/07/04/local/local02.txt |access-date= July 17, 2010 }}</ref>