Versailles

Fayette County, KY

Population

10,297

Walk Score

72 · Very Walkable

Median rent

$935

Median home value

$258,000

Established

1794

Versailles is a home rule-class city in Woodford County, Kentucky, United States. It lies 13 miles 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 vər-SAYLZ, an anglicization different from the French pronunciation of the royal city of the same name near Paris.

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On the National Register

Historic districts

Black, Charles, Farm · listed 1989
Clifton Country Club · listed 1995
Clifton-McCraken Rural Historic District · listed 1999
Downtown Versailles Historic District · listed 1975
Morgan Street Historic District · listed 1980
Pisgah Rural Historic District · listed 1989
Rose Hill Historic District · listed 1982
South Main Street Historic District · listed 1987

Notable landmarks

Graves Tavern · listed 1983
Airy Mount · listed 1978
Arnold-Wooldridge House · listed 1979
Big Spring Church · listed 1975
Broadhead, Lucas, House · listed 1994
Buck Pond · listed 1989
Calmes, Marquis, Tomb · listed 1989
Carter House · listed 1975
Cleveland House · listed 2007
Confederate Monument in Versailles · listed 1997
Edgewood · listed 1976
Harris, A. T., House · listed 1989
Heartland · listed 2019
Hogan Quarters · listed 1983
Humphries Estate Quarters · listed 1983
Jouett, Capt. Jack, House · listed 1972
Lee's Tavern · listed 1977
Lyne, Thomas, House · listed 1980
Margaret Hall · listed 1987
Moore, George F., Place · listed 1983
Moss Side · listed 1979
Munday's Landing · listed 1975
Nuckols, Claiborne W., Farmstead · listed 1994
Pisgah Presbyterian Church · listed 1983
Pleasant Lawn · listed 1978
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