Melville, RI

Melville is a census-designated place in the towns of Middletown and Portsmouth in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The 2020 census counted 1,609 residents. Melville lies along the shore of Narragansett Bay. The CDP is named after Admiral George Wallace Melville. 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. Past names for the area include Portsmouth Grove and Bradford. Melville was the site of the Lovell General Hospital during the American Civil War. In the late 1800s Melville became the site of a U.S. Navy coaling station which was later converted for use as a fuel oil depot.