sentences:  When it was first established in 1841, the county seat of Woodford County was placed in Versailles for a temporary two-year interval.Competition for the honor (and related business opportunities) was fierce leading up to the June 1843 decision of the county commissioners to tap Metamora (then known as Hanover) as the new seat.A county courthouse was begun in Metamora in 1844 and a county jail in March 1852.