Communities
Chesapeake contains both large suburban commercial and residential areas in its northern areas, and immense acreage of undeveloped forests and wetlands along its southern border. Additionally, it includes a significant portion of the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.
Chesapeake neighborhoods include Albermarle Acres, Alta Bay Area, Alta Cove, Ash Hill Estates, Ballahack Road Area, Bayberry Woods, Bower’s Hill, Briarwood (Great Bridge), Bryant Farms, Buell, Campostella Square, Carriage House Estates, Cedar Pines, Cedarwood, Charlestowne Lakes South, Chesapeake Avenue, Chesapeake Colony Estates, Chesire Forest, Clark Farm Estates, Clearfield, Country Club Meadows, Crosswinds Area, Dail's Landing, Deep Creek, Dock's Landing Meadows, Emarld Greens, Etheridge Lakes, Etheridge Pointe, Etheridge Woods, Eva Gardens, Faith Village, Fentress, Glasser Landing, Great Bridge Gardens, Greenbrier Woods, Greenwood, Greenwood Estates, Greystone, Harbor Watch, Hickory, Hickory Station Estates, Hodges Ferry, Indian River Point, Ivystone, Jolliff Woods, Kemp Woods, Les Chateaux, Lilley Cove, Lochaven Estates, Mariners Pointe, Marsh Creek, Merrimac Landing, Miars Farm, Mill Creek Harbor, Mill Pond Forest, Millers Run On Old Mill, Mt. Pleasant, Norfolk Highlands, North Landing Farms, Olde Woodland Estates, Parkside, Plantation Lakes, Plantation Woods, Point Elizabeth, Saddle Ridge, Sawyers Mill, South Norfolk, Stonegate, Wallaceton, and Western Branch.