Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Kimberton, PA

Kimberton is an unincorporated village and census-designated place in East Pikeland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, along French Creek about 30 miles northwest of Philadelphia.

Kimberton had a population of just 568 at the 2020 census.

The village was settled in the late 18th century around Chrisman's tavern and Chrisman's Mill, which began operating in 1796 and, after closing in 1938, became the town's post office.

Kimberton takes its name from Emmor Kimber, a Quaker educator who arrived in 1817, bought up the crossroads properties, and opened the French Creek Boarding School for Girls in 1818, when the previously unnamed village finally got its name.

Emmor Kimber was also an abolitionist who served as a local agent of the Underground Railroad, and his school admitted students of all denominations — and drew pupils from as far away as the West Indies.

The Kimberton Village Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, preserves 62 buildings along the village's 18th- and 19th-century roadways.

Kimberton is a historic center of biodynamic agriculture: Kimberton Farms, assembled in 1940 across more than 800 acres, was one of the first biodynamic farms in the United States under soil scientist Ehrenfried Pfeiffer.

The village is home to the Kimberton Waldorf School, founded in 1941 and one of the oldest Waldorf schools in North America, set on a campus of more than 400 acres.