The Kenilworth area was known to the Aboriginals of the local Duungidjawu language region as Hinka Booma.
Richard Joseph Smith tendered to set up the first cattle run on the east bank of the Mary River in 1850. At the time Mrs Smith was reading Sir Walter Scott's novel "Kenilworth" and she decided to name the property after the novel. In 1877, 17 280 acres of land was resumed from the pastoral run and offered to small farmers for selection. Other settlers arrived in 1891 originally intending to grow small crops. There was a ready market at the goldfields in Gympie but after the floods of 1893, 1895 and 1898 had wiped out their crops, most ventured into dairying and pig breeding. In 1901 the Kenilworth Farmers' Association was formed and in 1905 was responsible for establishing a co-operative butter factory which opened in Caboolture in 1907. In 1912 a steam-powered sawmill was built on Coolabine Creek. In 1921 Kenilworth Station was sold off and divided into dairy farms and allotments. By 1925 all the large estates in the district had been subdivided and sold. Today dairying is still a major part of farming in the area but there has been diversification into fruit and vegetables and pig farming.
Kenilworth Post Office opened by 1926, the first store was opened in 1924 as well as the new hall opening and the first butcher's shop appeared in 1925. Kenilworth Provisional School built by the community opened in 1900. This school became a State School in 1909.
Kenilworth Township was opened in the Kenilworth Hall on 21 October 1924.
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