Guinea Grass
Orange Walk
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Founded
1897 (129 years)?
Prominent Ethnicity
Mestizo
Population
2022
3,821 (+1.6%)
Household Size
4.0
Males
1,888
Females
1,932
2010
3,218 (+2.1%)
Household Size
5.1
Males
1,606
Females
1,612
2000
2,651 (+3.7%)
Household Size
5.6
Males
1,371
Females
1,280
1991
1,990 (+4.9%)
Household Size
6.6
Males
1,071
Females
919
1980
1,291
Household Size
6.4
Males
706
Females
585

Council Members

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Date
Position
Name
2025-06-29
chairperson
Benito Oligario Uck
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D-class article
History

Guinea Grass was a Mahogany woodcutter stand in 1827 already.[1]

Education

The Catholic School had 50 students in 1927 and 54 in 1928.[2][3]

Religious Institutions

Roman Catholic Church

From at least 1897[4] to at least 1947[5] Guinea Grass was a mission of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Settlement 186[6][3], and in 2026 its Divine Mercy church was a mission of La Inmaculada parish in Settlement 186.[7]

Seventh Day Adventist Church

The El Shaddai Church is under the North Belize Mission Conference (Settlement 64) in the Belize Union Mission (Settlement 12) of the Inter-American Division (Miami, Florida) of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. In 2025 they had 100 members.[8]

The New Jerusalem Church is under the North Belize Mission Conference (Settlement 64) in the Belize Union Mission (Settlement 12) of the Inter-American Division (Miami, Florida) of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. In 2025 they had 118 members.[8]


References
[1] The Honduras Gazette 1826-29
[2] Catholic Directory 1927
[3] Catholic Directory 1928
[4] Official Catholic Directory 1897, p. 184
[5] Official Catholic Directory 1947, pp. 836–837
[6] Catholic Directory 1917
1897
2026