Littles, Indiana

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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|subdivision_name2 = Pike

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|subdivision_name3 = Patoka

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|postal_code = 47598

|area_code = 812

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Littles is an unincorporated community in Patoka Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. A post office was established there in 1890, and remained in operation until 1929.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Pike | title=Pike County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=5 October 2015}} The town was named after a coal mine proprietor with the surname Little.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/n216 199]|quote=...man named Little who owned a deep shaft coal mine here.}}