Innerarity Point is an

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in Escambia County,

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, United States. It is part of the

Pensacola Pensacola ( ) is a city in the Florida panhandle in the United States. It is the county seat and only city in Escambia County. The population was 54,312 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Pensacola metropolitan area, which ha ...

– Ferry Pass– Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area. Innerarity Point is located along Perdido Bay north of Perdido Key.

History

The area around Innerarity Point has shown evidence of being settled by the Pensacola culture or the

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at the nearby Hickory Ridge Cemetery Archeological Site. The community is named for Innerarity Point, the

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on which the community is located. Sources differ on the origin of the name of Innerarity Point: some sources state it was named for John Innerarity, a clerk for John Forbes and Company and longtime Pensacola resident who in 1815 was granted land from the Spanish government that included the peninsula. Other sources state the peninsula was named for a pirate with the surname of Innerarity. Innerarity Point was originally granted to Ignacio Sierra, a native of Spain, prior to being deeded to John Innerarity. In the 1830s, the

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proposed constructing a road that would connect Pensacola, Mobile Point, and Mobile. This road would cross the Perdido River at Innerarity Point, but due to expected difficulties with maintenance, the road was never constructed. By the 1920s, vacation homes were being built in Innerarity Point, including homes owned by the

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. In 1925, multiple investors including Will H. Hays,

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, and

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, purchased land in Innerarity Point. Innerarity Point Park was built with funds from the ''Deepwater Horizon'' Oil Spill Trust.

References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Escambia County, Florida Pensacola metropolitan area Unincorporated communities in Florida