It is bounded on the north by the North Island Main Trunk railway, Manawatū District and Milson, on the west by Palmerston North–Gisborne Line and Roslyn, the south by the Manawatū River, and the east by James Line and Whakarongo.

[3] The lower North Island distribution centres of Foodstuffs, Coca-Cola Amatil and Woolworths New Zealand are located in Kelvin Grove.

[4][5][6] The national customer centre of Toyota New Zealand and the Radius Peppertree rest home and hospital is also located on Roberts Line.

[10] The first Europeans arrived in Kelvin Grove in 1871 when Scandinavian immigrants settled in the area around present day Roberts Line-James Line and Napier Road block.

[10] In 1950, part of Kelvin Grove was brought under the jurisdiction of Palmerston North City, but it was not until 1966 when houses began to appear especially in the Karamea Crescent and Mahia Place area.

This electorate included parts of Palmerston North, east of Ruahine Street as well as Linton Camp, Turitea, Aokautere and Roslyn.

A 2007 boundary redistribution includes Kelvin Grove in the Palmerston North electorate.

It was opened in 1927 to replace the old Terrace End Cemetery on Napier Road, the crematorium and chapel were added in 1954, and a modern gas-fired cremator was installed in 2003.

[19] The Palmerston North branch of the Returned Services' Association and soldiers from the Linton Military Camp reached an agreement with Palmerston North City Council in 2019 to clean the headstones of 1000 veterans buried at the cemetery.