Welcome to Manville ...

Manville is located in Providence County<1>.

Google driving directions from your current location to Manville (Patience, this may take a moment).

The location of Manville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Manville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1850.

Manville is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Manville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Manville: 401

Communities Also Named Manville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Manville - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, South Carolina (2), Virginia and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Manville.

Websites for Manville ...

Junior League:   www.jlri.org/

Communities near Manville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Manville.

• Providence
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
  • Providence is located in Providence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 179,270 people
• Warwick
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
  • Warwick is located in Kent County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 81,189 people
• Cranston
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranston
  • Cranston is located in Providence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 81,142 people
• Pawtucket
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawtucket
  • Pawtucket is located in Providence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 71,710 people
• East Providence
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Providence
  • East Providence is located in Providence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 47,337 people
• Attleboro
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro
  • Attleboro is located in Bristol County (MA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 45,444 people
• Woonsocket
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woonsocket
  • Woonsocket is located in Providence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,545 people
• Franklin
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Franklin is located in Norfolk County (MA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,711 people
• North Providence
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Providence have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Providence
  • North Providence is located in Providence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,507 people
• North Attleboro
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Attleboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Attleboro
  • North Attleboro is located in Bristol County (MA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,470 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Manville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Manville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Manville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Manville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Manville. See our Newspapers Page for Manville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Manville ...

Looking for more information about Manville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Manville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Manville.

Adding Manville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Manville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Manville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Manville post office opened in 1850.

We also found Manville in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Manville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Manville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Rhode Island: https://www.ri.gov/