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Perryopolis is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, along State Route 51 about 33 miles south of Pittsburgh.

George Washington purchased 1,644 acres at Perryopolis when the land first became available, and after visiting in 1770 he called it 'as fine a land as I have ever seen.'

Washington's grist mill at Perryopolis was completed in 1776, and Washington himself drew up plans for the town's streets to be laid out in the shape of a wagon wheel.

Perryopolis, previously known as 'New Boston,' was officially laid out on March 18, 1814, using Washington's plans, and was named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, hero of the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812.

Perryopolis remained part of Perry Township for more than a century after its 1814 founding before finally incorporating as its own borough.

Coal mining was the Perryopolis area's primary industry from the late 19th century until the 1950s, though the borough was home mainly to mine foremen and white-collar workers rather than laborers.

Four Perryopolis sites are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Karolcik Building, St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church, Searight's Fulling Mill, and the Youghiogheny Bank of Pennsylvania.

Perryopolis had a population of 1,705 at the 2020 census; at the 2000 census its 1,764 residents lived in 798 households.

The local Frazier School District is named for Perryopolis philanthropist Mary Fuller Frazier, who left her hometown $1.5 million for public and charitable purposes when she died in 1948, and its teams are the Commodores — another nod to Commodore Perry.

Washington's old grist mill site is preserved today as part of George Washington Gristmill Park in Perryopolis.