Braggadocio, Missouri

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Braggadocio is an unincorporated community in Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located Script error: No such module "convert". west of Caruthersville on Missouri Route J and Script error: No such module "convert". 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]

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.

References

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