Barrineau Park is an

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in Escambia County,

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. It is a rural community of low hills, farms, creeks and woods. Barrineau Park is part of the

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History

It was named after

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, who moved there in 1900 and bought over of land for turpentine and timber. After the timber supply was exhausted, he brought in about 50 families, (mostly

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), to farm the land in intensive small truck farms that actively produced vegetables for the market.Dolly Pollard and History of Escambia County - Armstrong, Henry Clay, 1870-1930 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 Church

Barrineau 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.

St Elizabeth's Catholic Cemetery

St Elizabeth's Catholic Cemetery is approximately from

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on the Barrineau Park Road, due west. It is next to the church and approximately square. The settlement of Hungarian Germans came into Escambia County ''circa'' 1913, many from the

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areas. The cemetery is better kept and better marked than most in the county. The church was built ''circa'' 1922. There is also a parish house. The cemetery includes several Austrians, Hungarians and

Donauschwaben The Danube Swabians (german: Donauschwaben ) is a collective term for the ethnic German-speaking population who lived in various countries of central-eastern Europe, especially in the Danube River valley, first in the 12th century, and in grea ...

s, mostly of German descent. There are approximately 20 unmarked graves.

Slave Cemetery

There is also an unmarked slave graveyard in Barrineau Park. US 29 North to State Road 97. Left on SR 97 to Sunshine Hill Road, at third curve continue straight through. The cemetery is behind houses and is not marked, although residents know of it. This area was once part of the extensive land holdings of the Morgan Family in early history.West Florida Genealogical Society (WFGS)

Barrineau Park School

Barrineau Park School is now restored and is the Barrineau Park Community Center.

Barrineau Park Historical Society

Barrineau Park also has a Historical Society THE BARRINEAU PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC PO BOX 508 MOLINO, FL 32577-0508

References

External links

Photos and History by Denise Daughtry and Dolly Pollard

St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church Cemetery Records

History of Escambia County, Florida

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