Collingswood is a borough in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Center City Philadelphia. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough’s population was 14,186, an lump of 260 (+1.9%) from the 2010 census augment of 13,926, which in incline reflected a decrease of 400 (−2.8%) from the 14,326 counted in the 2000 census.

Owing in share to its Quaker history, Collingswood was founded as a dry town where alcohol cannot be sold, however restaurant patrons are permitted to bring their own wine and beer to consume. In July 2015, the town introduced an ordinance that allows craft breweries to be in in the town but not utility food. The ordinance passed in August 2015.

Collingswood is well known for its selection of shops and restaurants primarily along Haddon Avenue and was ranked as the “#1 small-town food scene in America” by USA Today in May 2018.

The home in what is gift day Collingswood was originally inhabited by Lenni Lenape Native Americans. Quakers from England and Ireland arranged along Newton Creek and Cooper River in the late 17th Century, establishing what was known as the Newton Colony and eventually Newton Township. Much of what is now Collingswood was a farm owned by members of the Collings family during the 18th and 19th Centuries. Later a section of Haddon Township, Collingswood was incorporated as a borough by an achievement of the New Jersey Legislature on May 22, 1888, based upon the results of a referendum held that similar day. That same year, town resident Edward Collings Knight, a rich sugar, real home and railroad magnate, donated the house that became Knight Park. Knight was a descendant of the Collings associates for whom the borough is named.