West Conshohocken is a small and friendly community. In the Treaty of 1683 William Penn was given a piece of land by the Unami Tribe of the Lenni-Lenape nation of Indians, which was later to be known as West Conshohocken. The name Conshohocken, found on Penn's deed, is a derivative of "Gueno-dkeiki-hacking, the place of the long fine land," as it was described by the Indians. Today, Conshohocken is interpreted as "Pleasant Valley". Many people are moving to West Conshohocken because of the small town feeling, good public schools, affordable housing, low taxes, convenient to shopping and public transportation, and closeness to Philadelphia, King of Prussia, and Pennsylvania Turnpike.