# History Hattieville was started as a refugee camp after Hurricane Hattie struck [[settlement:12]] on October 31, 1961. This was the same hurricane that prompted the Government of British Honduras to move the capital to a new location, [[settlement:14]]. George Price announced the plan to construct Hattievillehttps://www.greaterbelize.com/hattieville-a-community-of-love-built-in-the-aftermath-of-tragedy/. So the Mennonite Disaster Service offered to begin building the long barracks. The Mennonites also opened a clinic and a chapel.https://ambergriscaye.com/photogallery/181016.html Initially a dozen or so long barracks were constructed on the north side of [[waterway:133]], referred to as the old village. The village degenerated into a slum and was derogatorily called "Cattleville". But then in the 1980s the government started issuing individual lots and constructed a school on the south side of the creek where the main part of Hattieville is today, then called "New Hattieville".https://www.greaterbelize.com/hattieville-a-community-of-love-built-in-the-aftermath-of-tragedy/https://ambergriscaye.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/galleries/403194.html In 2002 the new Hattieville Prison (now Belize Central Prison) was constructed just a few miles from Hattieville.https://www.myguidebelize.com/belize/culture-art/government-house-belize ## Etymology Hattieville was named after the Hurricane Hattie that slammed into British Honduras and claimed hundreds of lives in 1961. ## Education "Operation New Horizons" under the Louisiana Army National Guard built two additional school rooms at the Hattieville Government School in 2007.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattieville ## Religion The Pilgrim Fellowship in Hattieville was established in 1962. The congregation started as a result of outreach by Amish Mennonite Aid following Hurricane Hattie.https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Pilgrim_Fellowship_(Hattieville,_Belize) In 2017 the Pilgrim Fellowship was a member of the Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowship and had a membership of 64.https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Pilgrim_Fellowship_(Hattieville,_Belize)

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