{"id":41180,"count":1,"description":"Menard is a city in and the county seat of Menard County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,653 at the 2000 census.\nMenard is located at 30\u00b055\u203210\u2033N 99\u00b047\u20324\u2033W\ufeff \/ \ufeff30.91944\u00b0N 99.78444\u00b0W\ufeff \/ 30.91944; -99.78444 (30.919519, -99.784446). It is situated along the banks of the San Saba River at the junction of U.S. Highways 83 and 190, approximately 140 miles northwest of Austin and San Antonio in central Menard County.\nAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4\u00a0km), all of it land.\nThe community was first known as Menardville when the site was laid out in 1858, after the formation of Menard County. Nearby Fort McKavett was deactivated in 1859, leaving the settlers with little protection from frequent Indian raids. The fort reopened after the Civil War. By 1867, Menardville had a store, blacksmith shop, and a saloon. The community served as a trading post and overnight stop on north and west cattle trails. The old compound of a...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/menard\/","name":"Menard","slug":"menard","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/41180","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=41180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}