[1][2] Kemp’s Landing was laid out into half acre lots which were sold at public auction after being advertised in the Virginia Gazette.

The purchasers held the lots subject to building within three years a dwelling house at least 20 feet square with a brick chimney.

Great quantities of oak “knees” and all kinds of timber were shipped from Kempsville to Norfolk Navy Yard.

Those who swore an oath of allegiance to King George III wore a red badge on their breasts.

[6] Also on August 13, 1779, the British sloop of war Mermaid was sold at public auction at Kempsville by order of the Admiralty Court then held at Hampton.

[6] On September 5, 1814, during the War of 1812, the Princess Anne County Court ordered that its records be moved to safety in North Carolina.

[6] In July 1843 the construction of Emmanuel Episcopal Church was completed on land that had been donated by David Walke.

It also contains the more recent grave of Allen Jones "Al" "Two Gun" Gettel, a local boy who made his first pitch on the ball fields now preserved as Kempes Landing Park, and grew up to be a major league pitcher for the New York Yankees, the Cleveland Indians, and the Chicago White Sox over a 10-year career (1945–55).

The ancestors of many of the prominent families of the city of Norfolk and Princess Anne County attended the Academy.

For example, in December 1835 then again in 1838, the Academy’s principal trustee, Mr. Rogers, advertised in the Norfolk and Portsmouth Herald for a teacher for 1836 then 1839 of Latin, Greek, English and math, including the elements of Euclid if required.

[6] In 1922 Kempsville was a “beautiful little country village” with two churches, a few stores of general merchandise, and a modern brick school building.

This farming community had extremely fertile land that mainly grew potatoes, cotton, corn, and many truck crops.

Only two buildings remain from the Revolutionary War period, including the Carraway House (built 1734) on South Witchduck Road[8] and Pleasant Hall (1779).

Although the official land area of the Kempsville district is small relative to the size of the City of Virginia Beach, Kempsville's historical influence stretches the entire span of Princess Anne Road from the Norfolk border to the Courthouse and Pungo areas of the city.

The community of Kempsville operates under the Virginia Beach City Public School System.

[13] Point O' View is situated on the banks of Kemps Lake that formed from the construction of Interstate 264/Virginia Beach Expressway.