Versailles, Kentucky

Versailles, Kentucky
City
Main Street
Motto:  "Proud to be a Kentucky Renaissance City"
Location of Versailles in Woodford County, Kentucky.
Coordinates: 38°02′55″N 84°43′33″W / 38.04861°N 84.72583°W / 38.04861; -84.72583
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Woodford
Established	June 24, 1794
Government
• Type	Mayor-Council
• Mayor	Brian Traugott
Area [1]
• Total	6.35 sq mi (16.44 km2)
• Land	6.31 sq mi (16.33 km2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.11 km2)
Elevation [2]	912 ft (278 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	10,347
• Estimate  (2022)[3]	10,416
• Density	1,640.56/sq mi (633.44/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	40383, 40384, 40386
Area code	859
FIPS code	21-79482
GNIS feature ID	2405645[2]
Website	versailles.klc.gov

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 9,316 according to 2017 census estimates.^[4] It is the county seat of Woodford County.^[5] 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.