Black Ankle, Texas
Black Ankle, Texas | |
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Coordinates: 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 | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (CDT) |
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 an inconvenient hole in her black stocking with soot.[2] Little remains of the original town.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Black Ankle, Texas
- ^ Tarpley, Fred (July 5, 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