Barrineau Park was colonized by the German Hungarians. 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 around the 1980s when people started settling small farms in the area