North Versailles (/vɜːrˈseɪlz/ vur-SAYLZ) is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Additionally, the land which encompasses the present day North Versailles Township was disputed territory between Pennsylvania and Virginia, which claimed the area as part of Yohogania County of the District of West Augusta.
The section of Wilmerding on the north side of Turtle Creek was originally part of the former Patton Township, and the majority of Trafford is situated in Westmoreland County.
The remaining five wards of the township are served by the Fire Department of North Versailles (FDNV) with 2 stations.
In November 2023, Police Officer Steven Shawley and his K9 partner Chase were shot and wounded in the line of duty responding to a domestic violence call.
The shooter, Ian Fields pleaded guilty to the shooting and is currently serving up to a 30-year sentence in the Pennsylvania state prison.
Up until the end of 2016, the North Versailles Township Police department patrolled the borough of Wilmerding.
The FDNV EMS Division is led by Kayla DiMeo and is dispatched by Allegheny County 911 and holds the station number of 390.
FDNV EMS Division maintains 2 type 3 ambulances (designated 391 & 392) licensed at the Advanced Life Support (ALS) level by the PA Department of Health.
The Lincoln Highway, US Route 30, traverses North Versailles and on its western border crosses the Turtle Creek valley via the George Westinghouse Bridge into East Pittsburgh.
In addition to Routes 48 and 148, Greensburg Pike Section 2 and the East Pittsburgh McKeesport Boulevard provide access to the Tri Boro Expressway.
Comedienne Donna Jean Young (born 29 May 1936, East McKeesport, Pennsylvania, died 29 January 2010, Sydney, Australia), whose career was built upon her material related to East McKeesport and "Woolmerding" (as she pronounced and spelled Wilmerding in her act), was a resident of Broadway Extension, Arlington Plan, North Versailles Township.
In her youth, portions of North Versailles used East McKeesport as a postal address and were long associated with this community.
[11] Young was briefly a cast member on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In,[12] and On the Flip Side, Happening '68, and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969) In 1968, she released an album on Epic Records, Live From East McKeesport.
[13][14] Noted jazz drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts (Wynton Marsalis and numerous others) is a 1977 graduate of East Allegheny High School.
[citation needed] Gordon Jones, a 1975 graduate of East Allegheny High School, was an All-American wide receiver at the University of Pittsburgh and went on to play in the NFL for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers[15] and the Los Angeles Rams.
Face was an all-star from 1959 to 1961 and the first pitcher to save three games in the World Series (versus New York Yankees).