Although portions of Paradise are actually inhabited since the late nineteenth century, mostly as farmland, its advancement only took off within the 1830s and 1870s being a "bedroom Neighborhood" of nearby St. John's. It grew at a gradual rate until the early 1990s, when the City of Paradise was amalgamated https://www.anobii.com/en/01e94dc61b28f6fc3c/profile/activity