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We would like to provide the residents of  Collegeville  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Collegeville Home page. The Collegeville Home page provides as much information as possible on Collegeville. Knowing Collegeville’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Collegeville’s Home page, you will also find Collegeville’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Collegeville has a population of 5105. 42.7% of Collegeville’s inhabitants are Male, and 57.3 are female. 35.4% of Collegeville is married and 73.8% own their own home. The Average Home price is $311,327, and the average rent is $1,332. Household median income in Collegeville is $92,174, and the individual median income is $28,318. Collegeville’s Ethnic is the following: White(80.8%), Black(9%), Asian(5.1%), Multiple(4.5%), Hispanic(3.6%), Other(0.5%), Native(0.2%).


The area which is present day Collegeville was part of the original William Penn purchase of "All the land lying on the Pahkehoma" in 1684. In 1799, Perkiomen Bridge was constructed using funds raised from a special lottery approved by the Pennsylvania Legislature. When the first post office in this area was established in 1847, it was called Perkiomen Bridge.


In 1832, the first school for primary and secondary students was established and it was later renamed Freeland Public School in 1844. In 1848, Henry A. Hunsicker built the "Freeland Seminary of Perkiomen Bridge." Village around the school became known as Freeland. In 1851, Abraham Hunsicker established the Pennsylvania Female College near present-day Glenwood Avenue.


Ten years later, in 1861, the post office was moved and renamed Freeland. When the trains first arrived in the area in 1868, there was a debate about naming of the station (Perkiomen Bridge vs Freeland). The local citizens had acquired notoriety when they had burned down the toll booth on the Perkiomen Bridge and thrown the gate into the river.


The rail company avoided any troubles by naming it "Collegeville" (the station was actually closer to the Pennsylvania Female College than either Freeland School or Perkiomen Bridge). Ursinus College was founded a year later in 1869. Thus the name "Collegeville" precedes the establishment of Ursinus College and it is actually named after the other 4 year liberal arts college (Pennsylvania Female College) which closed in 1880.


Collegeville was incorporated as Borough in 1896. The Perkiomen Bridge and Perkiomen Bridge Hotel are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


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