It is located at 17N 88W, at an elevation of 196 feet (60 meters) above mean sea level, and has a population of about 1,300 people.

Hattieville was established as a refugee camp after Hurricane Hattie made many people homeless in Belize City when it hit in 1961, but it became a permanent town.

Operation New Horizons 2007 built two additional school rooms onto the Hattieville government school between 17 March - 12 May 2007.

This mission was under the command of the Louisiana Army National Guard.

Of these, 73.7% were Creole, 9.8% Mixed, 8.2% Mestizo, 3.6% Garifuna, 1.4% East Indian, 1.2% Mopan Maya, 0.6% Ketchi Maya, 0.2% African, 0.1% Caucasian and 0.2% others.