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Inlet Beach
The town got its name when the McCaskill Investment Company of DeFuniak
Springs introduced it to the buying public during the 1920’s. The
town really
Google Street Map for Inlet Beach
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Inlet Beach
The town got its name when the McCaskill Investment Company of DeFuniak
Springs introduced it to the buying public during the 1920’s. The
town really
Google Street Map for Inlet Beach
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Inlet Beach
is the eastern-most town directly accessible from Scenic 30-A. You can
also access this beach community from US98 using several roads that wind
their way to the beach.
started hopping when the young veterans from World
War II returned to the area and applied for land offered through a latter-day version of the Homestead
Act. In 1947, the Birmingham News ran an article about the Bureau of Land Development
giving veterans first choice in a lottery. So many veterans built in the area;
it was referred to as "Soldiers Beach."
Eventually the name was changed
to Inlet Beach. A 1920’s sales brochure said the following, "Inlet
Beach is a fairyland of beauty tucked away in this secluded spot on the Gulf
of Mexico, sheltered by encircling forests and flanked by the turquoise waters
of Lake Powell."
