Lānaʻi · HI
Lānaʻi City
James Dole's pineapple town in the highlands.
- Population
- 3,332 (2020 census)
- Town center built
- 1923
- Island sold
- 2012, $300 million
Then
- 1920s
James Dole's 20,000-acre pineapple plantation builds Lānaʻi City, Hawaii's first model town.
- 1923
Stores, a bank, a hospital and a theater go up around a central park.
- 2012
Castle & Cooke sells 98 percent of the island to Larry Ellison.
Now
Shops and restaurants ring Dole Park. The tide station is at Kaumalapau, on the island's west coast.