Unincorporated community in Texas, United States
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
- ^ 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
