How did Kitchens Hill in Pennsylvania get its name? This page provides a brief history about Kitchens Hill in Pennsylvania, the people who settled on it, and the industry rising around it.
In southeastern Solebury Township on the south side of York Road (Route 202) near New Hope and about a mile from the Delaware River. The hill perpetuates the name of William Kitchen, associate of John Wells, the founder of New Hope. In a graveyard on the hill, Wells and several members of his family are buried. In his will, dated June 16, 1748, Wells provided: “It is my will that William Kitchen wall my graveyard with a stone and lime wall.” This was done, but by the end of the last century the wall was broken down and the graveyard overgrown with trees.