[4] A post office called Versailles, after the royal palace in France, has been in operation since 1835.

[9] The Martin Hotel, built in 1853, had such guests as the showman P. T. Barnum and outlaw robber Jesse James.

Both it and the Morgan County Courthouse are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[10] Versailles hosts an event known as the Old Tyme Apple Festival every year typically on the first Saturday of October.

[11] Dixon Ticonderoga, a pencil manufacturing company, had a plant in Versailles until it closed in 2005.

[2] The city sits on a ridge which drains north toward the Straight Fork, part of the Moreau River watershed, and south toward Little Gravois Creek, part of the Osage River watershed.

38.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

36.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Public education in Versailles is administered by Morgan County R-II School District.