Captain Cook, Hawaii Captain Cook, Hawaii Captain Cook is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, in the United States, located in the District of South Kona. The community, within the land division of Kealakekua, is so named because the post office for the area was located in the Captain Cook Coffee Co. during the early 1900s. As of the 2010 census the CDP population was 3,429, up from 3,206 at the 2000 census. Captain Cook is located on the west side of the island of Hawaii at (19.498211, -155.904275). It is bordered to the north by Kealakekua and to the south
James Dunbar Cook James Dunbar Cook Rear Admiral James William Dunbar "Bill" Cook (12 December 1921 – 26 January 2007) was a senior Royal Navy officer. Born on 12 December 1921, James Dunbar Cook was educated at Bedford School and HMS Worcester. He was Commander of HMS Venus, HMS Dido and HMS Norfolk. He was Senior British Naval Officer in South Africa, between 1967 and 1969, Director of the Royal Naval War College, between 1969 and 1971, and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff, between 1973 and 1975. Rear Admiral James Dunbar Cook retired from the Royal Navy in 1975 and was invested