# Springfield, Belize

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**Springfield** is a [Mennonite](/source/Mennonite) village in [Cayo District](/source/Cayo_District), [Belize](/source/Belize), some 15 km south of the capital [Belmopan](/source/Belmopan).

## History

Springfield was founded around 1996 as a daughter colony of the [Upper Barton Creek](/source/Barton_Creek_(Belize)) settlement of very conservative Mennonites, who mainly live in the United States. These [Mennonites](/source/Mennonites_in_Belize), that belong to the [Noah Hoover branch](/source/Noah_Hoover_Mennonite) of [Old Order Mennonites](/source/Old_Order_Mennonite), are in many outward aspects similar to [Old Order Amish](/source/Old_Order_Amish), but clearly distinct from them. Norris Hall, a photojournalist who in 2011 made a photo documentary about the people of Springfield, erroneously refers to them as "Amish".[2]

## Sights

In Springfield there is a fruit tree nursery and a horse powered saw mill.[3][4]

## Demographics

The village population of 270 residents is composed of 40 families of [Plautdietsch](/source/Plautdietsch) and [Pennsylvania German](/source/Pennsylvania_German) speaking Mennonites. They have large families, in average 6.8 persons per household.[1]

## References

1. ["Population Data – Census 2010"](http://www.statisticsbelize.org.bz/index.php/statisticsmenu/2012-04-26-21-58-01/2012-04-26-22-38-01?download=130:population-data-census-2010). Statistical Institute of Belize. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

1. 7newsbelize.com: Springfield - A Rare Look At A Place Lost In Time [\[1\]](http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=25261)

1. [YouTube: Springfield, Belize](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70UujUPMd_Q)

1. [YouTube: Horse powered saw mill, Belize](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbTNtCWXccQ)

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