Braggadocio, Missouri Explained

Braggadocio is an unincorporated community in Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States. It is located west of Caruthersville on Missouri Route J and north of Steele on Route Z.[1]

History

Braggadocio was founded circa 1847.[2] A post office called Braggadocio has been in operation since 1881.[3] Possibly the community was named because a large share of the early settlers were braggarts,[4] or after the knight and horse thief Sir Braggadoccio, in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene. Braggadocio has been noted for its unusual place name.[5]

In 1927, an African-American man named Will Sherod was lynched in Braggadocio.[6] [7]

On April 2, 2006, an F3 tornado hit the town, causing two deaths, and on December 10, 2021, an EF4 tornado struck the town, causing one death.

Notes and References

  1. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 71,
  2. Book: Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion . University of Missouri Press . Earngey, Bill . 1995 . 40.
  3. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 29 November 2016.
  4. Web site: Pemiscot County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071957/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_pemiscot.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri. November 29, 2016.
  5. Web site: The Oddest Named Town in Every State . The Active Times . April 19, 2018 . 3 July 2019.
  6. News: The Law's Too Slow . 19 . . January 1928.
  7. Web site: The Jim Crow Era: A Solemn Roll Call Of Those Brutally Murdered . April 20, 2021 . PoliticsNY.

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