Collegeville is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, a suburb outdoor of Philadelphia upon Perkiomen Creek. Collegeville was incorporated in 1896. It is the location of Ursinus College which opened in 1869. The population was 5,089 at the 2010 census.

The Place which is present day Collegeville was portion of the native William Penn buy of “All the estate lying on the Pahkehoma” in 1684. In 1799, Perkiomen Bridge was constructed using funds raised from a special lottery recognized by the Pennsylvania Legislature. When the first herald office in this Place was established in 1847, it was called Perkiomen Bridge. In 1832, the first researcher for primary and auxiliary students was established and it was far ahead renamed Freeland Public School in 1844. In 1848, Henry A. Hunsicker built the “Freeland Seminary of Perkiomen Bridge.” Village roughly the college became known as Freeland. In 1851, Abraham Hunsicker established the Pennsylvania Female College close present-day Glenwood Avenue. Ten years later, in 1861, the state office was moved and renamed Freeland.

When the trains first arrived in the area in 1868, there was a debate very nearly naming of the station (Perkiomen Bridge vs Freeland). The local citizens had acquired notoriety in the same way as they had burned the length of the toll booth upon the Perkiomen Bridge and thrown the edit 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 well along in 1869. Thus the name “Collegeville” precedes the opening of Ursinus College and it is actually named after the extra 4 year avant-garde 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 upon the National Register of Historic Places.