A trail from Halifax to the Acadian settlements at Noel on the Minas Basin crossed the Kennetcook River at a ford near the site of the village, making it an early crossroads.

[4] After the American Revolution, the village was part of the Douglas Township and was settled by the troops of the 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants).

Canada Pacific added additional rail traffic and began shipping farm products and lumber from Kennetcook to Windsor and Truro.

Roberts wrote the story in 1894 while he worked at University of King's College, which was then located in Windsor, Nova Scotia.

In 1953, Canadian poet Alden Nowlan graduated from the Folk School located in the Kennetcook Hotel (present-day Law Office).