Braggadocio, Missouri

Braggadocio is an unincorporated community in Pemiscot County, Missouri. It is located eight miles west of Caruthersville. The community was founded in about 1847 and was named for the knight and horse thief Sir Braggadoccio, in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene.^[1]

References

↑ Earngey, Bill (1995). Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion. University of Missouri Press. p. 40.

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

Municipalities and communities of Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Caruthersville

Cities	Bragg City Caruthersville Cooter Hayti Hayti Heights Holland Homestown Portageville‡ Steele Wardell

Villages	Hayward North Wardell Pascola

Townships	Braggadocio Butler Concord Cooter Godair Hayti Holland Little Prairie Little River Pascola Pemiscot Virginia

Unincorporated communities	Braggadocio Deering Gobler Peach Orchard

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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