Versailles is a city in Woodford County, Kentucky, United States and is located near Lexington. It is part of the Lexington-Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 8,568 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Woodford County. The city's name is pronounced differently from the French city of the same name: /vərˈseɪlz/ vər-SAYLZ. Versailles was founded on June 23, 1792, on 80 acres of land owned by Hezekiah Briscoe, at the time only a child. His guardian, Major Marquis Calmes, named the town after Versailles, France, in honor of General... Lafayette, a family friend. The city was officially incorporated on February 13, 1837. It was briefly occupied during the American Civil War by both Confederate and Union forces. In the Inner Bluegrass Region, the area is a center for horse breeding and training, for Thoroughbred and Standardbred racehorses, and Saddlebred pleasure horses. Thoroughbred farms include Standardbred farms include Brittany Farms. Lenore Farms is for Saddlebred horses. The Woodford Reserve Distillery, a station on the Bourbon Trail, is located here.
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| County: | Woodford County |
| State: | Kentucky |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Population: | 7,929 |
| Area: | 2.8 sq. mi. |
| Time zone: | North American Eastern Time Zone |
| Also known as: | Versailles, Kentucky, Woodford County / Versailles city |