[5] The same website also states another theory behind the town's name—that it was named for Exmoor, Devon, in south west England.

Benjamin's Department Store and the John W. Chandler House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[6] The Virginia Barrier Island Center (BIC) offers exhaustive information on the local culture and history.

Founded in 1996 and opened to visitors in 2002 on the former site of the Almshouse Farm in Machipongo 10 miles south of the town of Exmore and 20 miles north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, the BIC is a cultural center, a museum and a meeting and event place.

Its mission is to preserve and perpetuate the culture and history of Virginia's barrier islands through education and the collection and interpretation of artifacts.

[7] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.7 km2), all of it land.