Records indicate that sometime in 1703, Solebury Township had 24 landowners and farmers owning 28 tracts of land, each averaging about 414 acres.

In the 1900s, New Hope and the surrounding area in Solebury Township hosted landscapes used in the Pennsylvania Impressionism movement.

[8] Impressionists William Lathrop, Edward Redfield, Daniel Garber, Fern Coppedge, Morgan Colt, and Mary Elizabeth Price all resided in Solebury Township, as well as illustrator Charles Hargens, a resident of Carversville, a village in Solebury Township.

Past and present villages include Aquetong, Bowman Hill (also in Upper Makefield Township), Carversville (also in Plumstead Township), Center Bridge, Clayton, Cottageville, Fleecyville, Glendale, Highton (also in Buckingham Township,) Lahaska, Limeport, Lumberton, Lumberville, Naylors Corner, Peters Corners, Phillips Mill, Rosenthal, Ruckmans, Solebury, Stony Hill, Tooqueminsey, and Winnahawchunick.

It traverses southern and eastern portions of the township on a southwest–northeast alignment via Lower York Road, crossing the New Hope–Lambertville Toll Bridge over the Delaware River into New Jersey.

Pennsylvania Route 263 follows Upper York Road along a southwest–northeast alignment through central portions of the township, crossing the Delaware River into New Jersey via the Centre Bridge–Stockton Bridge.

Pennsylvania Route 232 follows Windy Bush Road along a southwest–northeast alignment in southeastern portions of the township.

Finally, Pennsylvania Route 179 extends eastward along an old alignment of US 202 to provide access from US 202 to New Hope borough.

Trans-Bridge Lines provides intercity bus service to Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City from a stop at the Logan Square shopping center along a route that originates in Quakertown.

On average, the wettest month of the year is July which corresponds with the annual peak in thunderstorm activity.

The plant hardiness zone is 6b with an average annual extreme minimum air temperature of -1.3 °F (-18.5 °C).

Bowman's Hill Wild Flower Preserve contains over 700 of Pennsylvania's 2,000 native plant species that grow naturally on 134 acres.