Braggadocio, Missouri

Braggadocio is an unincorporated community in Pemiscot County, Missouri.[1] It is located eight miles west of Caruthersville.

History

Braggadocio was founded in about 1847.[2] A post office called Braggadocio has been in operation since 1881.[3] Some say the community was so named on account a large share of the early settlers being braggarts, while others believe the name is an amalgamation of Bragg and Docio, the respective surname and given name of a local husband and wife.[4] Still another claim is the name is derived from fiction, after the knight and horse thief Sir Braggadoccio, in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene.[2]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Braggadocio
  2. 1 2 Earngey, Bill (1995). Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion. University of Missouri Press. p. 40.
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  4. "Pemiscot County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.

Coordinates: 36°10′31″N 89°49′46″W / 36.17528°N 89.82944°W / 36.17528; -89.82944


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