Originally called Fox Chase, the community derives its present name from the Kemble, or Kimble, family, who settled the area in colonial times and were prominent in the village in the 1800s.

In addition to village's historic homes and church, there is a school, a gas station, two automobile repair shops, a pizza parlor, a doctor's office, and a day care center.

A building intended for a Happy Harry's drug store was completed but never opened, and the unused property is now a day care center.

The US Postal Service maintains a modern post office at the southern edge of the village next to the township municipal building and facilities.

While the area remains relatively rural, increasing development pressures are slowly bringing change to the village and its township.