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Little Heaven, Delaware
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°02′30″N 75°27′24″W / 39.04167°N 75.45667°W / 39.04167; -75.45667
Country	United States
State	Delaware
County	Kent
Elevation	26 ft (8 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	302
GNIS feature ID	214234

Little Heaven is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Delaware, United States. Its elevation is 26 ft (7.9 m) and its position 39°02′30″N 75°27′24″W / 39.04167°N 75.45667°W / 39.04167; -75.45667. It is north of Frederica at the interchange between Delaware Route 1 and Bowers Beach Road/Clapham Road.

It originated in a group of cabins built by local farmer Jahu Reed in the 1870s for the Irish workers he employed in his orchards. The Jehu Reed House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Notable person

• Traves Brownlee, Vice presidential candidate of the American Party in the 1984 United States presidential election

References

1. ^ "Little Heaven, Delaware". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
2. Francis, William; Michael Hahn (2009). The Dupont Highway. Arcadia Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-7385-6848-5. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
4. "Tax-protest leader, former wife are held". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. September 15, 1984.

External links

• Media related to Little Heaven, Delaware at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Municipalities and communities of Kent County, Delaware, United States
County seat: Dover
Cities	Dover Harrington Milford‡
Towns	Bowers Camden Cheswold Clayton‡ Farmington Felton Frederica Hartly Houston Kenton Leipsic Little Creek Magnolia Smyrna‡ Viola Woodside Wyoming
CDPs	Dover Base Housing Highland Acres Kent Acres Rising Sun-Lebanon Riverview Rodney Village Woodside East
Unincorporated communities	Adamsville‡ Andrewville Berrytown Big Stone Beach Bishops Corner Blackiston Brownsville Canterbury Carpenters Bridge Chapeltown Cowgills Corner Dinahs Corner Downs Chapel Dutch Neck Crossroads Hazlettville Hickman Hollandsville Kitts Hummock Little Heaven Little Hell Marydel Mastens Corner Moores Corner Pearsons Corner Petersburg Pickering Beach Port Mahon Sandtown Seven Hickories Smyrna Landing‡ South Bowers Star Hill Thompsonville Vernon Whiteleysburg Williamsville Willow Grove Woodland Beach Wrights Crossroads
Hundreds	Duck Creek East Dover Kenton Little Creek Milford Mispillion North Murderkill South Murderkill West Dover
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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