Little Heaven, Delaware
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Delaware, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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|map_caption = Location within Kent county
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|population_as_of = 2000
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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|elevation_ft = 26
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|area_code = 302
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Little Heaven is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Delaware, United States. Its elevation is {{convert|26|ft|m|abbr=on}} and its position {{coord|39|02|30|N|75|27|24|W|type:city_region:US-DE|display=inline}}. 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.{{cite book |title=The Dupont Highway |last=Francis |first=William |author2=Michael Hahn |year=2009 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-6848-5 |page=63 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pYkCIE8vvUIC&q=%22little+heaven%22+delaware |access-date=27 July 2011}} The Jehu Reed House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
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{{Kent County, Delaware}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Kent County, Delaware
Category:Unincorporated communities in Delaware
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