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Versailles
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city in Woodford County, Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Woodford
- Established
- June 24, 1794
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Mayor
- Laura Dake
- Total
- 6.35 sq mi (16.44 km )
- Land
- 6.31 sq mi (16.33 km )
- Water
- 0.042 sq mi (0.11 km )
- Elevation
- 912 ft (278 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 10,416
- Density
- 1,640.6/sq mi (633.44/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 40383, 40384, 40386
- Fips code
- 21-79482
- Website
- versailles .klc .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Versailles is a home rule-class city in Woodford County, Kentucky, United States. It lies 13 miles (21 kilometers) by road west of Lexington and is part of the Lexington-Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area. Versailles has a population of 10,534 according to 2024 census estimates. It is the county seat of Woodford County. The city's name is pronounced /vərˈseɪlz/ vər-SAYLZ, an anglicization different from the French pronunciation of the royal city of the same name near Paris.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Versailles” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.