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Melville

Melville is an affluent hamlet and census-designated place in the in , on , in , United States. The population was 19,284 at the time of the 2020 census.
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  • Type: Town with 19,300 residents
  • Description: hamlet on Long Island, New York, United States
  • Also known as: “Melville, New York”, “Melville, NY”, “Sun-quams”, and “Sweet Hollow”
  • Postal codes: 11747 and 11775

Places of Interest

Highlights include Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site and Jayne’s Hill.

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The is a state historic site in , listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The site preserves the birthplace of American poet Walt Whitman. is situated 1½ miles north of Melville.

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Jayne's Hill, also known as High Hill, West Hills, Oakley's Hill, and Janes Hill, is the highest point on , with an elevation of between 387 feet and 400.9 feet above sea level. is situated 1½ miles north of Melville.

Park
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The is a 209-acre farm located on the Nassau-Suffolk border. According to notes written on the county's 1959 master plan, the site originally was planned to become the Nassau County Zoo. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Melville.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Hills and South Huntington.

Town
is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of , , . The population was 5,592 at the 2010 census. Residents share a post office with the hamlet of Huntington but much earlier in its history, had its own post office, located on Jericho Turnpike. is situated 2 miles northwest of Melville.

Town
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is an affluent hamlet and census-designated place within the Town of in , on , in , United States. is situated 2½ miles north of Melville.

Town
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is a hamlet and census-designated place located on in the Town of Oyster Bay, , , United States. The population of the CDP was 5,283 at the 2020 United States census. is situated 3 miles southwest of Melville.

Melville

Latitude
40.79343° or 40° 47′ 36″ north
Longitude
-73.41512° or 73° 24′ 54″ west
Population
19,300
Elevation
135 feet (41 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US ZMV
Open location code
87G8QHVM+9X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158822603
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5126555
Wiki­data ID
Q3101080
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Melville” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميلفيل”
  • Armenian: “Մելվիլ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Melvill”
  • Basque: “Melville”
  • Catalan: “Melville”
  • Cebuano: “Melville”
  • Chinese: “梅尔维尔”
  • Chinese: “梅爾維爾”
  • Czech: “Melville”
  • Danish: “Melville”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ملفيل”
  • French: “Melville, New York”
  • French: “Melville”
  • German: “Melville”
  • Gilaki: “ملویل (نيۊیؤرک)”
  • Gilaki: “ملویل”
  • Irish: “Melville”
  • Italian: “Melville”
  • Japanese: “メルヴィル（ニューヨーク州）”
  • Japanese: “メルヴィル”
  • Japanese: “メルビル (ニューヨーク州)”
  • Ladin: “Melville”
  • Malagasy: “Melville, New York”
  • Malagasy: “Melville”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Melville”
  • Persian: “ملویل، نیویورک”
  • Persian: “ملویل”
  • Polish: “Melville”
  • Serbian: “Мелвил”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Melville, New York”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Melville”
  • Slovenian: “Melville”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ملویل، نیویورک”
  • Spanish: “Melville (Nueva York)”
  • Spanish: “Melville”
  • Swedish: “Melville, New York”
  • Swedish: “Melville”
  • Tatar: “Мелвилл”
  • Turkish: “Melville”
  • Ukrainian: “Мелвілл”
  • Urdu: “میلویل، نیو یارک”
  • Volapük: “Melville, New York”
  • Volapük: “Melville”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as The Hamlet on Olde Oyster Bay and Lower Melville.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Half Hollow Hills Community Library and Deanna Moon Park.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Melville”. Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.