West Conshohocken
| Borough of West Conshohocken | |
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Montgomery |
| Elevation | 144 ft (43.9 m) |
| Coordinates | 40°04′10″N 75°18′57″W / 40.06944°N 75.31583°WCoordinates: 40°04′10″N 75°18′57″W / 40.06944°N 75.31583°W |
| Area | 2.3 sq mi (6.0 km2) |
| - land | 2.2 sq mi (6 km2) |
| - water | 0.04 sq mi (0 km2), 1.74% |
| Population | 1,320 (2010) |
| Density | 1,701.4/sq mi (656.9/km2) |
| Incorporated | 1874 |
| Government | Council-manager |
| Mayor | Joseph P. Pignoli |
| Timezone | EST (UTC-5) |
| - summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 19428 |
| Area code | 610 and 484 |
 Location of West Conshohocken in Montgomery County
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 Location of West Conshohocken in Pennsylvania
Location of West Conshohocken in Pennsylvania
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West Conshohocken is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,320 at the 2010 census.
Its sister community is Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, located across the Schuylkill River. Montgomery County's seat, Norristown, is located approximately two miles north of, and across the river from, West Conshohocken.
West Conshohocken Borough was incorporated October 6, 1874 from land taken almost equally from the Townships of Lower and Upper Merion. As a river borough, there existed a large number of mills and other industries utilizing water power. The Dougherty Quarry was a prosperous business, producing stone of superior quality known as Conshohocken or Merion Blue. It was much sought after for public buildings, and was shipped by rail throughout the East before supplies were exhausted in the mid-twentieth century.
Today, with its proximity to highways I-76 and I-476 (Blue Route), this small borough and its sister Conshohocken Borough have experienced moderate office and retail development. West Conshohocken is easily identified by the mid and high-rise commercial development along its waterfront, which in recent years has also spread across the river to Conshohocken's waterfront.
West Conshohocken is located at 40°4′10″N 75°18′57″W / 40.06944°N 75.31583°W (40.069509, -75.315755).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2), of which, 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) of it (4.49%) is water.
The borough contains most of the I-76/I-476/PA-23 interchange, which also takes up a large portion of the borough's land. This is a regionally important interchange, carrying large volumes of traffic to and from the northern and western Philadelphia suburbs.
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