Braggadocio is an unincorporated community in Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located 8 miles (13 km) west of Caruthersville on Missouri Route J and 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north of Steele on Route Z.[2]
History
Braggadocio was founded circa 1847.[3] A post office called Braggadocio has been in operation since 1881.[4] Possibly the community was named because a large share of the early settlers were braggarts,[5] or after the knight and horse thief Sir Braggadoccio, in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene.[3] Braggadocio has been noted for its unusual place name.[6]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Braggadocio
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 71, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ a b Earngey, Bill (1995). Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion. University of Missouri Press. p. 40.
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Pemiscot County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
- ^ "The Oddest Named Town in Every State". The Active Times. April 19, 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2019.