CONSHOHOCKEN, a borough of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on the Schuylkill river, 12m. N.W. of Phila delphia; served by the Pennsylvania and the Reading railways. The population in 192o was 8,481 ; in 193o, 10,815 by the Federal census. Conshohocken has several rolling mills and iron foundries, and also manufactures cotton and woollen goods, bot tles, paper fibre, caskets, scientific and surgical instruments, and candy. There are stone quarries near by. Across the river is the borough of West Conshohocken (population 192o : 2,331), which has carpet factories and woollen mills. Conshohocken is an Indian word meaning "pleasant valley." The borough was settled about 182o and incorporated in 185o. Until 183o it was called Matson's Ford.