[3] Kenwood is located on the Rancho Los Guilicos Mexican land grant.

In 1887, the Sonoma Land & Improvement Company, which owned the property on which the town now sits, laid out lots in anticipation of the railroad which would arrive the following year.

South Los Guilicos Depot on the Santa Rosa and Carquinez Railroad opened in 1887.

Another traces the choice to the fact that many landowners in the area were from old English families and so were familiar with London's Kenwood House.

Some notable people had ranches in the area, including mining, railroad, newspaper and banking magnate, Thomas Kearns, who was also a U.S.

It is reported that he entertained President Theodore Roosevelt there at the Kearns Ranch, also known as the William Hood House.

Two local community groups held charitable functions to help raise funds that would make improvements to the town.

A steel pole was made to span the Los Guilicos Spring Creek, which was then filled with mud and the Pillow Fights became an annual event.

[10] Ray Flugger founded Flowmaster, Inc. in 1983 while working out of a small barn in Kenwood.

Kenwood Plaza Park, located two blocks south of State Route 12 at 200 Warm Springs Road and Shaw Park, which is located at 100 Shaw Ave also off State Route 12.

[citation needed] Part of Oakmont, a large residential development within the city limits of Santa Rosa, is actually inside the Verizon service area, causing that portion to have Kenwood prefixes.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 5.2 square miles (13 km2), all of it land.