Black Ankle
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. Little remains of the original town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: ghost town in San Augustine County, Texas
- Also known as: “Black Ankle, Texas” and “Black Ankle, TX”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Augustine.
San Augustine
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San Augustine is a picturesque town in Deep East Texas, and the site of Mission Dolores, one of the first Spanish missions established in east Texas in the early 18th century.
Black Ankle
- Categories: ghost town, unincorporated community in the United States, and locality
- Location: San Augustine, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
31.52379° or 31° 31′ 26″ northLongitude
-94.00464° or 94° 0′ 17″ westElevation
384 feet (117 metres)Open location code
8637GXFW+G4OpenStreetMap ID
node 151870234OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Spanish—“Black Ankle” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Black Ankle”
- Spanish: “Black Ankle”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Lilly Lake and Black Ankle Church.
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