Its boundaries are New Cut Road (alongside Iroquois Park), Kenwood Drive, Southside Drive and Palatka Road.
By 1868 Benoni Figg owned the area as a part of his charcoal business.
Southern Parkway (initially called Grand Boulevard) was opened soon after in 1893.
In 1893, Kenwood Hill residents Patty and Mildred J. Hill composed the song "Good Morning to All", which was to become "Happy Birthday to You".
While wealthy Louisvillians built summer homes in the area, and the first subdivision did not begin until 1942, the neighborhood was widely developed by the 1960s, so much so that extensive work was needed to halt erosion on the hill in the 1980s.