Norristown, PA

Norristown is a Montgomery County borough northwest of Philadelphia, set near the Schuylkill River and serving as the county seat. It has the dense, older feel of a Philadelphia-area county town, with rowhouses, civic buildings, transit connections, and long-established neighborhoods. Norristown also has access to unusually large green space nearby, including Norristown Farm Park, a 690-acre state park operated with the county parks system. The combination makes it a practical urban-suburban community with both courthouse-town history and real open space close by.