Melville, LA

Melville is a town in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. The 2020 census counted 759 residents. Melville is part of the Opelousas−Eunice Micropolitan Statistical Area. Melville was founded in 1889 and is known as the Atchafalaya River Catfish Capital of Louisiana. The through line in Melville is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Melville makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Melville is directly across the river from the ghost town Red Cross, Louisiana. Melville is mostly flat land surrounded by a ring levee to protect it from flooding from the Atchafalaya River and the West Atchafalaya Floodway.