Connell (/kɑːˈnɛl/) is a city in Franklin County, Washington, United States.

Prior to 1883, the area known as Connell was used by ranchers as open range for cattle and horses.

The new town was called Palouse Junction by Jacob Cornelius Connell, a railroad official and resident.

Also in that year, the county allowed a franchisee to begin piping in water for the town.

By this time, the town rivaled Pasco in importance in Franklin County.

Dryland wheat farming was the lifeblood of Connell through most of the twentieth century.

The primary industrial base is food processing, agricultural chemicals, and the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center, a minimum and medium-security correctional facility that is capable of holding 2600 offenders.

New waterlines had been installed to replace aging pipes, reservoirs were upgraded and additional wells were brought into the system.

[9] Continuing the community's infrastructure overhaul, the city also rebuilt Columbia Avenue, the main thoroughfare, and reconstructed its industrial streets, and received a grant award to reconstruct a portion of Clark Street.

[citation needed] Connell has a strong-mayor form of city government.

[11] As of January 2022, the mayor was Lee Barrow, and the city administrator was Cathleen Koch.

[12] According to the United States Census Bureau, Connell has a total area of 7.87 square miles (20.38 km2), all of it land.

Terrain rises a few hundred feet from the floor of the coulees to the higher land surrounding Connell.