Black Ankle, Texas

Unincorporated community in Texas, United States
31°31′26″N 94°0′17″W / 31.52389°N 94.00472°W / 31.52389; -94.00472CountryUnited StatesStateTexasCountySan AugustineElevation
384 ft (117 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (CDT)GNIS feature ID1381441[1]

Black Ankle is an unincorporated community in San Augustine County, Texas, United States.

According to tradition, Black Ankle was so named when a woman covered an inconvenient hole in her black stocking with soot.[2] Little remains of the original town.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Black Ankle, Texas
  2. ^ Tarpley, Fred (July 5, 2010). 1001 Texas Place Names. University of Texas Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-292-78693-6.
  3. ^ Black Ankle from the Handbook of Texas Online
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