Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Melville, RI

Melville is a census-designated place in the towns of Middletown and Portsmouth in Newport County, Rhode Island, on the shore of Narragansett Bay.

The CDP is named after Admiral George Wallace Melville, and earlier names for the area included Portsmouth Grove and Bradford.

The 2020 census counted 1,609 people in Melville, in 514 households, with a median age of 28.6 years.

Melville covers 5.13 square miles, of which 2.10 square miles is land and 3.03 square miles is water, at an elevation of 36 feet.

During the American Civil War, Melville was the site of Lovell General Hospital.

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.

During World War II, Melville hosted the Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons Training Center, a PT boat officer training center where future President John F. Kennedy trained.

After the Navy withdrew from Melville in 1973, the site was redeveloped into a boatyard, though the Navy still uses land in Melville for housing and recreation areas.

Places within the CDP include Dyer Island, which is uninhabited, and the Melville Marina District, also known as Bend Boat Basin, at Coggeshall Point.

Melville Park, Melville Ponds Campground, and Portsmouth Dog Park sit near a string of ponds in the CDP.