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]
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]
In 1927, an African-American man named Will Sherod was lynched in Braggadocio. [7] [8]
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.
36°10′31″N 89°49′46″W / 36.17528°N 89.82944°W
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]
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]
In 1927, an African-American man named Will Sherod was lynched in Braggadocio. [7] [8]
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.
36°10′31″N 89°49′46″W / 36.17528°N 89.82944°W