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Box Ankle, Georgia

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Box Ankle is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.^[1] A variant name is "Boxankle".^[1]

History

According to tradition, Box Ankle was named from an incident when a man fractured his ankle as he fell onto a wooden box in a brawl at a cockfight.^[2]

References

1. ^¹{{GNIS|354826|name=Box Ankle}}
2. ^{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/b.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=23 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}

{{Monroe County, Georgia}}{{coord|33|07|00|N|83|58|24|W|type:city_region:US-GA_source:GNIS-enwiki|display=title}}{{GeorgiaUS-geo-stub}}

1 : Unincorporated communities in Monroe County, Georgia

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