Melville, Rhode Island

About Melville

Set in the eastern part of Rhode Island, Melville is a small unincorporated community.

Melville holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.1 square miles.

📰 Melville News Today

• Study to Examine PFAS Impacts on Stocked Trout Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (.gov) · Mar 31
• Stay Out Of Portsmouth's Melville Pond: State Patch · Jul 21
• DEM Targets Portsmouth’s Melville Pond System for Cleanup ecoRI News · Oct 13
• Large sinkhole closes some lanes of Long Island Expressway in Melville, Suffolk County ABC7 New York · May 14
• LIE sinkhole being repaired as Melville road reopens CBS News · May 15

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Melville Unique

• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in eastern Rhode Island, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Rhode Island — one of 36 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Melville

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Melville

• Portsmouth Publick House
• Steve's Famous Pizza — pizza
• West Main Pizza — pizza
• Gardiner's Wharf Seafood — seafood
• Rocco's Little Italy — pizza
• Stillman Dining Hall

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Newport Polo · Attraction
• Newport Car Museum · Museum
• Prudence Island Historical Society · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Melville

• Frank Carson Playground reviews ★
• Compass Rose Beach reviews ★
• Farnham Farm reviews ★
• Fogland Beach Conservation Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Green Animals Topiary Garden reviews ★
• Herb Garden · Garden reviews ★
• North Kingstown Town Beach reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Melville

• Fishing Cove El. School
• Melville School
• Portsmouth Middle School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Melville

🏘️ Nearby Communities