Springfield Colony (Cayo, Belize)

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Springfield was a Mennonite colony founded in 1996 in the Cayo District of Belize. The colony comprised of approximately 101 to 500 individuals in 2010 and a land area of 800 hectares. The colonists came primarily from Upper Barton Creek (Belize).

Bibliography

Le Polain de Waroux, Yann, Janice Neumann, Anna O’Driscoll and Kerstin Schreiber. “Pious pioneers: the expansion of Mennonite colonies in Latin America.” Journal of Land Use Science 16, no. 1 (2021): 1-17.


Author(s) Samuel Boucher
Date Published June 2023

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Boucher, Samuel. "Springfield Colony (Cayo, Belize)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2023. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Springfield_Colony_(Cayo,_Belize)&oldid=175973.

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Boucher, Samuel. (June 2023). Springfield Colony (Cayo, Belize). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Springfield_Colony_(Cayo,_Belize)&oldid=175973.



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