Kenwood Hill, Louisville

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Coordinates: 38°09′22″N 85°46′20″W / 38.15620°N 85.77220°W / 38.15620; -85.77220 Kenwood Hill is a neighborhood on the south side of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Its boundaries are New Cut Road, Kenwood Drive, Southside Drive and Palatka Road. The hill, earlier known as Sunshine Hill and then Cox's Knob, was used by Native Americans to spot buffalo. By 1868 Benoni Figg owned the area as a part of his charcoal business. His family oversaw development on the land until it was sold in 1890 to a development company which named the area Kenwood Hill. 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.

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"Kenwood Hill". The Encyclopedia of Louisville (1 ed.). 2001.

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South Side (Old City)	Auburndale Beechmont Cloverleaf Edgewood Hazelwood Highland Park Iroquois Jacobs Kenwood Hill Limerick Parkwood South Louisville Southland Park Southside Standiford Taylor-Berry Wilder Park Wyandotte

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