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

Black Ankle, Texas
Black Ankle, Texas is located in Texas
Black Ankle, Texas
Black Ankle, Texas
Location within the state of Texas
Black Ankle, Texas is located in the United States
Black Ankle, Texas
Black Ankle, Texas
Black Ankle, Texas (the United States)
Coordinates: 31°31′26″N 94°0′17″W / 31.52389°N 94.00472°W / 31.52389; -94.00472
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountySan Augustine
Elevation
384 ft (117 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1381441[1]

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

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  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