Hattieville was started as a refugee camp after Hurricane Hattie struck Belize City in 1961. This was the same hurricane that prompted the Government of British Honduras to move their capital to a new location, Belmopan City .

Hattieville was constructed by Mennonite Disaster Service following the hurricane. The Pilgrim Fellowship in Hattieville was established in 1962. The congregation started as a result of outreach by Amish Mennonite Aid following Hurricane Hattie.^[1]

In 2002 the new Hattieville Prison (now Belize Central Prison) was constructed just a few miles from Hattieville.^[2]

In 2017 the Pilgrim Fellowship was a member of the Beachy Amish Mennonite Fellowship and had a membership of 64.^[1]

"Operation New Horizons" under the Louisiana Army National Guard built two additional school rooms at the Hattieville Government School in 2007.^[3]