As early as 1862, Jane Hume owned this piece of land called Little Belize.[1] In 1963 it was still owned by Jane Hume.[2]
Mennonites from Shipyard needed more land for farming, so they began a new colony in the Corozal District in 1978. They purchased 23,687 acres for $15.65 per acre. The first settlers moved to Little Belize in October of 1978.[3]
In 2006 a documentary of Mennonites in Belize was filmed with interviews of residents in Spanish Lookout, Lower Barton Creek, Blue Creek, Shipyard and Little Belize.[4]