Conshohocken (/ˌkɒnʃəˈhɒkən/ KON-shə-HOK-ən; Lenape: Kanshihàkink)[3] is a borough on the Schuylkill River in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in suburban Philadelphia.

Historically a large mill town and industrial and manufacturing center, after the decline of industry in recent years Conshohocken has developed into a center of riverfront commercial and residential development.

[5] The sister community of West Conshohocken is located on the opposite side of the Schuylkill River.

Railroad tracks line both river banks, reflecting the valley's heavy industrial past as well as its continuing rail activity including Norfolk Southern and SEPTA.

Conshohocken was first settled about 1820 as "Matson's Ford" before, in 1830, it was laid out as a town and received its present name.

The Pennsylvania guide, compiled by the Writers' Program of the Works Progress Administration, briefly described Conshohocken in 1940:Founded early in the nineteenth century after construction of the Schuylkill Canal, it was incorporated as a borough in 1850.

A flourishing industrial community with frame and brick houses along wide and often hilly streets, Conshohocken has a tire plant, a steel and iron mill, a boiler factory, and textile mills.

[10]Conshohocken has a city manager form of government with a mayor and a seven-member borough council.

On September 1, 2021, the borough suffered severe damage and disruption from flooding caused by heavy rainfall associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ida.

According to the 2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimate,[16] the median household income in the borough had risen to $73,750.

SEPTA provides Suburban Bus service to Conshohocken along Route 95, which runs between Gulph Mills and Willow Grove, and Route 97, which runs between the Norristown Transportation Center in Norristown and the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia.