Melvin Village

Geography

Melvin Village is in the western part of the town of Tuftonboro, where the Melvin River enters Lake Winnipesaukee. Running through the center is New Hampshire Route 109, which leads southeast to Wolfeboro and northwest to Moultonborough. The village is little changed over the last century. Most of the buildings remain and there are few new ones. As recently as 1950, there were two general stores and two gas stations, all of which are now gone. The village was a stop in William Least Heat-Moon's book, Blue Highways. It has a marina and there are also compounds of cottages and lakeside homes. Merrymount Landing is the only remaining mail boat stop, in the northeastern corner of the lake. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Melvin Village CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 3.15%, are water.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Kingswood Regional High School
  High · Wolfeboro · 720 students · 11.4:1 ratio
• Kingswood Regional Middle School
  Middle · Wolfeboro · 388 students · 10.5:1 ratio
• Ossipee Central School
  Elementary · Ctr. Ossipee · 287 students · 8.2:1 ratio
• Moultonborough Central School
  Elementary · Moultonboro · 242 students · 10.5:1 ratio
• Crescent Lake School
  Middle · Wolfeboro · 193 students · 11.4:1 ratio
• Carpenter Elementary School
  Elementary · Wolfeboro · 180 students · 8.2:1 ratio
• Moultonborough Academy
  High · Moultonborough · 142 students · 7.5:1 ratio
• Moultonborough Middle Level
  Middle · Moultonborough · 101 students · 6.3:1 ratio