Black Ankle is an unincorporated community in San Augustine County, Texas, United States.
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Black Ankle, Texas Location within the state of 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 | |
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] |
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]