Black Ankle, Texas

Black Ankle, Texas
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°W / 31.52389; -94.00472Coordinates: 31°31′26″N 94°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 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

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Black Ankle, Texas
  2. Tarpley, Fred (5 July 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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