Kenwood, California is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma County, California, located on Sonoma Highway (State Route 12) between the cities of Santa Rosa and Sonoma. It lies east of Sonoma Creek in the upper share of Sonoma Valley, a region sometimes called the Valley of the Moon. Bennett Mountain lies west of the town, and Sugarloaf Ridge to the northeast. The population was 1,028 at the 2010 census.

Kenwood is considered ration of the Wine Country. Viticulturally, it lies in the Sonoma Valley AVA. The Kenwood Place is known for vineyards and wineries, restaurants, and a European-style resort. An Place landmark is the Kunde Estate Winery on Sonoma Highway, which was first planted in 1879.

Kenwood is located upon the Rancho Los Guilicos Mexican house grant. In 1887, the Sonoma Land & Improvement Company, which owned the property upon which the town now sits, laid out lots in anticipation of the railroad which would reach the in the same way as year. The infant community tried upon many names: Rohrerville, for one of the owners of the home company; Los Guilicos, and subsequently South Los Guilicos, for the Mexican land grant.

South Los Guilicos Depot on the Santa Rosa and Carquinez Railroad opened in 1887. The First Congregational Church of Los Guilicos was built in 1888. It was relocated from the corner of Los Guilicos and Laurel to its gift site in 1893. The parsonage was used for the Kenwood School until construction was completed in 1960. The original name of the church was misrepresented first to Los Guilicos Congregational Church and later to its current broadcast Kenwood Community Church. In 1981, the church was designated Historic Landmark 82 by the County of Sonoma.