Connersville is a city in Fayette County, Indiana, United States, 66 miles east by southeast of Indianapolis. The population was 13,324 at the 2020 census. The city is the county seat of and the largest and only incorporated town in Fayette County. The city is in the center of a large rural area of east central Indiana; the nearest significant city is Richmond, 26 miles to the northeast by road. Connersville is home to the county's only high school.