Black Ankle, North Carolina

Black Ankle is an unincorporated community in the northeastern part of Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States.

These miners almost always were shoeless when they went into town and the black dirt from the area, mixed with a little water, made their feet discolored and dark.

[clarification needed] The Blackankle Fort, originated and built by Lester Singleton, was once known throughout the state of North Carolina as a conglomerate of the unusual.

In the spring many "pickers" (mostly bluegrass string musicians) would spend Friday and Saturday nights at the Blackankle Fort honing their skills and sounds.

Family and friends of the Black Ankle area enjoy numerous social events during the year, in which a large number will gather.

Over the next 20–25 years, the North Carolina Chapter will continue to restore the preserve to its historic condition by setting prescribed burns and replanting longleaf pine tree seedlings grown from local seed sources.

Birds such as wild turkeys, hairy and pileated woodpeckers, and broad-winged hawks, which are commonly found on large tracts of unbroken woodlands, also inhabit the bog.

Blackjack and post oaks, and dense huckleberry and blueberry shrubs surround mats and sphagnum moss and patches of habenaria orchids, milkworts, sedges, cinnamon ferns, and trumpet and purple pitcher plants.