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1965 Map of Kempsville

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Kempsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

The Eastern Branch Elizabeth River and Broad Creek define a landscape in transition as the expanding boundaries of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and Chesapeake converge. Subdivisions like Aragona Village and Pembroke Manor showcase mid-century residential growth near the historical center of Kempsville. While modernization is evident through new highway corridors, older local anchors remain, including the Old St Matthews Ch and numerous small family burial grounds like the Newsome Farm Cem.

South of the dense suburban blocks, the terrain opens into the wetlands of Stumpy Lake and the Gun Swamp, where the State Prison Farm No 22 occupied a significant footprint. The map documents a period of rapid institutional and educational development, noting sites from the Municipal Hospital and Armory to specialized facilities like the Union Kempsville High Sch. This survey serves as a vital record of the Tidewater region's urban transformation before later development fully reshaped its former agricultural and marshy borders.