{"id":34909,"count":1,"description":"Royal Lakes is a village in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 190 at the 2000 census. A July 1, 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 184.\nRoyal Lakes is located at 39\u00b06\u203245\u2033N 89\u00b057\u203243\u2033W\ufeff \/ \ufeff39.1125\u00b0N 89.96194\u00b0W\ufeff \/ 39.1125; -89.96194 (39.112532, -89.961892) in Hillyard Township in southern Macoupin County. Royal Lakes lies at the southwestern corner of two intersecting roads, Illinois Route 16 and Illinois Route 159. The nearest large cities are St. Louis, approximately 50 miles (80\u00a0km) to the southwest and Springfield, around 60 miles (97\u00a0km) northeast of the village.\nAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3\u00a0km), of which, 0.5 square miles (1.3\u00a0km) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26\u00a0km) of it (9.80%) is water.\nThree small lakes \u2013 Meshach, Shad, and Shadrach \u2013 are located within the village of Royal Lakes.\nThe site that would eventually become Royal Lakes was purchased by a...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/royal-lakes\/","name":"Royal Lakes","slug":"royal-lakes","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/34909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=34909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}