Versailles (Kentucky)
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 Versailles City Hall |
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| Location in Kentucky | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | June 23, 1792 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Kentucky | ||
| County : | Woodford County, Kentucky | ||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 3 ′ N , 84 ° 44 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 7,511 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 1,028.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 7.3 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of which 7.3 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 272 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 40383, 40384, 40386 | ||
| Area code : | +1 859 | ||
| FIPS : | 21-79482 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0506028 | ||
| Website : | www.versaillesky.com | ||
| Mayor : | Fred Siegelman | ||
Versailles is a city in the US state of Kentucky . It is also the county seat of Woodford County .
At the last census in 2000 it had a population of 7,511.
history
Versailles was founded on June 23, 1792. The area on which it was created belonged to Hezekiah Briscoe, a child at the time. The first mayor of Versailles, Marquis Calmes, named the city after the French city of Versailles out of veneration for General La Fayette . The city was briefly occupied by the troops of the Confederate States as well as the Northern States during the Civil War .
Economy and Infrastructure
In the bluegrass region , Versailles is known for breeding horses . Both English thoroughbreds and American Standardbred are bred very successfully.
The area around the city is still characterized by farms .
The Woodford Reserve Distillery is also a distillery on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail in Versailles.
Parts of the films Elizabethtown and Dreamer were filmed in Versailles .
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- John J. Crittenden (1786 / 87–1863), politician
- Jack Blackburn (1882-1942), boxer
- Robert K. Massie (1929–2019), historian
- Ben Chandler (* 1959), son of Happy Chandler and US Congressman
- Kendall Applegate (born 1999), actress
Personalities who have worked on site
- Martha Layne Collins (* 1936), governor of Kentucky, worked as a teacher in Versailles
- Brereton Jones (* 1939), governor of Kentucky, lived as a horse breeder in Versailles
- William Shatner (* 1931), actor, lived as a horse breeder in Versailles
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (1838-1918), American politician, opened a law practice here
