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Braggadocio was founded in about 1847.<ref name="Earngey 40">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcxWsmxRzVEC&lpg=PP3&pg=PA40#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion | publisher=University of Missouri Press | author=Earngey, Bill | year=1995 | pages=40}}</ref> A post office called Braggadocio has been in operation since 1881.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Pemiscott | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=29 November 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_pemiscot.html | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071957/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_pemiscot.html | archivedate = June 24, 2016 | deadurl = no | title=Pemiscot County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate= November 29, 2016}}</ref> 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]]''.<ref name="Earngey 40" /> |
Braggadocio was founded in about 1847.<ref name="Earngey 40">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcxWsmxRzVEC&lpg=PP3&pg=PA40#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion | publisher=University of Missouri Press | author=Earngey, Bill | year=1995 | pages=40}}</ref> A post office called Braggadocio has been in operation since 1881.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Pemiscott | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=29 November 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_pemiscot.html | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071957/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_pemiscot.html | archivedate = June 24, 2016 | deadurl = no | title=Pemiscot County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate= November 29, 2016}}</ref> 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]]''.<ref name="Earngey 40" /> Braggadocio has been noted for its [[Place names considered unusual|unusual place name]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theactivetimes.com/travel/oddest-named-town-every-state | title=The Oddest Named Town in Every State | publisher=The Active Times | date=April 19, 2018 | accessdate=3 July 2019}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:31, 3 July 2019
Braggadocio is an unincorporated community in Pemiscot County, Missouri.[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]
History
Braggadocio was founded in about 1847.[3] A post office called Braggadocio has been in operation since 1881.[4] 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.[5] 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.[3] Braggadocio has been noted for its unusual place name.[6]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Braggadocio
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 71, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ a b Earngey, Bill (1995). Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion. University of Missouri Press. p. 40.
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Pemiscot County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "The Oddest Named Town in Every State". The Active Times. April 19, 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
36°10′31″N 89°49′46″W / 36.17528°N 89.82944°W
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