[citation needed] King George III issued a land grant of approximately 1350 acres to foreign Protestant settlers, Leonard Hirtle, John Mossman, Peter Knack, Christian Hartman, John Kayser and Jacob Moser on July 5, 1787.

By the middle of the twentieth century, with the widespread decline of small-scale Atlantic fishery, most fishing culture had disappeared.

[citation needed] The evolution of Kingsburg into a vacation and retirement destination has had an impact on the population of the village.

[citation needed] Much of the rural infrastructure for Upper and Lower Kingsburg is centered in Riverport, Nova Scotia.

[3] The Greater Kingsburg Peninsula includes the defined area plus West Ironbound Island.