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Conshohocken is a borough on the Schuylkill River in Montgomery County, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia known locally by the nickname 'Conshy.'

Its name comes from the Lenape word Kanshihàkink, and the town was first settled as Matson's Ford around 1820 before being laid out under its present name in 1830.

Conshohocken was incorporated as a borough in 1850, after construction of the Schuylkill Canal spurred its early growth.

It grew into a major mill town, with a tire plant, steel and iron mills, a boiler factory and textile mills lining the river, before redeveloping in recent decades into a riverfront center of offices and homes.

Conshohocken had 9,261 residents at the 2020 census, up from 7,833 in 2010, packed into about one square mile at a density of more than 9,200 people per square mile.

Census QuickFacts counts 4,442 households in the borough for 2020-2024, averaging just 2.08 people per household, with a median gross rent of $2,147.

The sharp bend in the river at the borough gives the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76) its notorious 'Conshohocken Curve,' a bottleneck famous from Philadelphia traffic reports.

The Schuylkill River Trail runs through Conshohocken, and the borough's main green space is Sutcliffe Park.

Students in Conshohocken attend the Colonial School District, and the smaller sister borough of West Conshohocken sits directly across the river.