Braggadocio, Missouri
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Braggadocio is an unincorporated community in Pemiscot County, Missouri
. It is located eight miles west of Caruthersville
. The community was founded in 1847 and according to Ramsay, was named for the vainglorious knight and horse thief Sir Braggadoccio, in Edmund Spencer's The Faerie Queen
Pemiscot County, Missouri
Pemiscot County is a county located in the Bootheel in Southeast Missouri in the United States. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the county's population was 20,047. A 2008 estimate, however, showed the population to be 18,515. The largest city and county seat is Caruthersville...
. It is located eight miles west of Caruthersville
Caruthersville, Missouri
Caruthersville is the most populous city and county seat of Pemiscot County, located along the Mississippi River in the bootheel of southeastern Missouri in the United States. The population was 6,760 at the 2000 census.-History:...
. The community was founded in 1847 and according to Ramsay, was named for the vainglorious knight and horse thief Sir Braggadoccio, in Edmund Spencer's The Faerie Queen