Black Ankle, Texas

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Black Ankle, Texas
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Black Ankle, Texas
Black Ankle, Texas (the United States)
Coordinates: 31°31′26″N94°0′17″W / 31.52389°N 94.00472°W / 31.52389; -94.00472
Country United States
State Texas
County San Augustine
Elevation
384 ft (117 m)
Time zone UTC-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]

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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