Barrineau Park, Florida

Barrineau Park is an unincorporated community in Escambia County, Florida, United States. It is approximately 5mi west of Molino and a few miles from the Perdido River. It is a rural community of low hills, farms, creeks and woods.Barrineau Park is part of the Pensacola - Ferry Pass - Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area.HistoryIt was named after William Capers Barrineau of South Carolina, who moved there in 1900 and bought over 11000acre of land for turpentine and timber. After the timber supply was exhausted, he brought in about 50 families, (mostly German Hungarians), to farm the land in intensive small truck farms that actively produced vegetables for the market.From the Book History of Escambia County Armstrong, Henry Clay, 1870-1930 pg 150. "Mr W.C. Barrineau also has made one of the biggest contributions to the county in the colony of industries Germans at Barrineau Park"St. Elizabeth Catholic ChurchBarrineau Park was colonized by the German Hungarians / Donauschwabens who farmed the land. These colonizers were excellent farmers and industrious people; most were devout Catholics. In 1923, they built St. Elizabeth Catholic Church. During these years, Barrineau Park had a post office, railway station and stores. The forest reclaimed most of these structures and the community dwindled to a scattering of farms and homes until approximately the 1980s, when people started settling small farms in the area.