Versailles

Versailles

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...
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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

Population history for Versailles

YearEstimated Population
2009 7,929
2008 7,891
2007 7,818
2006 7,846
2005 7,827
2004 7,819
2003 7,828
2002 7,829
2001 7,863
2000 7,908
1999 8,184
1998 8,177
1997 8,040
1996 7,953
1995 7,803
1994 7,670
1993 7,551
1992 7,531
1991 7,399
1990 7,278
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Famous residents of Versailles

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Chris Morris
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Airports in or near Versailles

Capital City Airport
Capital City Airport
Airport code:FFT
Bowman Field Airport
Bowman Field Airport
Airport code:LOU
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
Airport code:CVG
Blue Grass Airport
Blue Grass Airport
Airport code:LEX

U.S. state

Kentucky
Kentucky
Population:73,677 (1790)

Kentucky , officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the Upper South of the United States. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth . Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States. Kentucky is known as the "Bluegrass State", a nickname based on the fact that bluegrass is...
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