Black Ankle, Texas
| Black Ankle, Texas | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
  Black Ankle, Texas Location within the state of Texas | |
| Coordinates: 31°31′26″N 94°0′17″W / 31.52389°N 94.00472°WCoordinates: 31°31′26″N 94°0′17″W / 31.52389°N 94.00472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | San Augustine |
| Elevation | 384 ft (117 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-6) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1381441[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 a inconvenient hole in her black stocking with soot.[2] Little remains of the original town.[3]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Black Ankle, Texas
- ↑ Tarpley, Fred (5 July 2010). 1001 Texas Place Names. University of Texas Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-292-78693-6.
- ↑ Black Ankle from the Handbook of Texas Online
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