Montgomery County's seat, Norristown, is located approximately two miles north of, and on the opposite side of the river from, West Conshohocken.

West Conshohocken was incorporated October 6, 1874, from land taken almost equally from Lower and Upper Merion Townships.

Dougherty Quarry was a prosperous business, producing stone of superior quality known as Conshohocken or Merion Blue.

3.6% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry [7] West Conshohocken has a city manager form of government with a mayor and a seven-member borough council.

[9] West Conshohocken is the location of one of the major highway junctions of the Philadelphia metropolitan area, including the interchange of the Schuylkill Expressway (Interstate 76) and I-76's Blue Route.

SEPTA provides Suburban Bus service to West Conshohocken along Route 95, which runs between Gulph Mills and Willow Grove.