Mills

Thompson Native Lumberyard is a sawmill in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, right on Woodville Road. It's been family owned and operated since 1955, started by James Thompson Sr and now run by his son James Thompson. This is a mill and lumber business, not a timber-buying or logging outfit. They take in logs and process lumber in house with their own machinery, and from that they sell lumber, mulch, firewood, and pallets. The lumber is "locally sourced from New England," and the firewood is "processed on site and delivered to your home." If you're looking for someone to come walk your woods, mark trees, or make an offer on standing timber, that's not what this place does. But if you've already got logs down, or you want milled lumber, mulch, or firewood, they handle that end of the work themselves, right at their yard. They list Washington County as an area they serve. There's no mention of forestry credentials or land management services, this is a working sawmill and retail yard, not a forestry consulting operation. This fits a landowner who already has logs cut, or who wants to buy local lumber, mulch, or firewood rather than sell standing timber. If you need someone to evaluate your trees or run a timber sale on your land, you'll want to look elsewhere. But for turning logs into usable wood products, or picking up firewood and mulch from a long-running family mill, Thompson Native Lumberyard is set up for exactly that. From thompsonnativelumber.com, read 10 October 2026.

Buttonwoods Sawmill is a sawmill in Richmond, Rhode Island. They mill raw timber into lumber, working with oak, pine, and cedar, and they also handle logging. Services run from custom milling and kiln drying to surface planing, live edge slabs, trailer decking and cribbing, interior lumber, and post and beam work. If you've got logs on your land and don't know if they're worth cutting, they'll come look. "Not sure if your backyard logs are millable? We'll come to you." They do an on-site check for log quality, accessibility for their portable mill, and structural integrity, then give you a detailed estimate based on board footage, species, and any extra shop work like drying or surfacing. From there they'll either set the mill up on your property or arrange transport back to their stationary mill. They serve Washington County and have been running since 1999. This fits a landowner who has a tree or two worth saving, maybe for a table or a timber frame, rather than someone looking to sell off a standing stand of timber. From buttonwoodssawmill.com, read 10 October 2026.

RI Sawmill is a mill. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a logging contractor and a timber buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Studley Farm and Sawmill is a small family farm in Greene, Rhode Island, and it serves Kent County. A husband and wife run it, and it has been family owned and operated since 2021. The farm grows cut flowers for florists, events and workshops, and it runs a sawmill that makes native lumber. The lumber is cut to order. The business says "All lumber is made to order," and it rarely keeps boards in stock. To get a quote, you send a list of how many boards you need, with length, width and thickness. The farm has no set hours and no storefront, but it offers pickup and delivery. Every job is custom, so the sizes and the work are settled with you one order at a time. The farm also takes on weddings, events and workshops, so it is part flower farm and part mill. For a landowner, the sawmill side is the part that matters. It suits a landowner who wants native boards cut to specific sizes for a building or woodworking project, and who is happy to work from a written list of dimensions. From studleyfarmandsawmill.com, read 10 October 2026.

DLR Forest Products LLC is a family-run sawmill at 1220 Hartford Pike in Dayville, Connecticut, serving Rhode Island and the surrounding New England area. The owner, Donald "DJ" Lawrence Ross, does the cutting himself and oversees each order. The work includes "On-Site Custom Sawing," milling, rough-cut lumber, precision cut, logging, and firewood. DJ focuses on White Oak, White Pine, and Maple, for builders, woodworkers, homeowners, and boat builders. Pricing varies by species, quantity, and cut, and DJ offers a "free, no-obligation quote" over the phone before any work starts. The mill is fully licensed and insured under SFPH000907. DJ serves Killingly, Putnam, Woodstock, Pomfret, Plainfield, Brooklyn, and Thompson, along with the wider Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New England area. Visitors are welcome to stop by the sawmill off Route 101 in Killingly to talk through a custom order in person. This fits a landowner who wants a small, personal mill where the same person answers the phone, saws the logs, and stands behind the work, rather than a large operation handling volume jobs. From dlrforestproducts.com, read 8 October 2026.

Coventry Millwork Inc is a sawmill and millwork shop in Coventry, Rhode Island, serving customers in Kent County. They turn rough sawn wood into custom mouldings, trim, and one of a kind woodworking projects, and their computerized sawmill sits right on site. If you have logs to mill, they'll do it: "custom cut from your logs or ours," turned into beams, fireplace mantles, bartops, or coffee table tops. They stock "over 25 species of hard and soft wood products" and say they can match any profile in any species. Their work covers complete interior trim packages, exterior trim, cabinet doors, CNC work, and custom mouldings, built with a mix of CAD design, CNC machining, and traditional equipment like their four sided moulder. The company was incorporated in 1966 by Lionel T. Beauchaine and has operated for decades since, passing to long time employee William Sheldon in 1985. This fits a landowner who already has logs cut or standing timber harvested and wants someone nearby in Kent County to mill that wood into finished trim, mouldings, or lumber products, rather than someone who buys standing timber or manages a harvest. From coventrymillwork.com, read 10 October 2026.