South Connellsville is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,919 at the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 1,970 tabulated in 2010.

Fayette County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in southwestern Pennsylvania, adjacent to Maryland and West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 128,804. Its county seat is Uniontown. The county was created on September 26, 1783, from part of Westmoreland County and named after the Marquis de Lafayette. The county is part of the Southwest Pennsylvania region of the state.