There is a small stone dam just upstream from the Davisville Road bridge that powered a woolen mill active in the period 1811–1924.
The river is formed in East Greenwich by the confluence of Scrabbletown Brook and an unnamed stream.
From there, the river flows north along Rhode Island State Route 4, then northeast to Potowomut Pond.
Most of the Hunt River forms the boundary between Kent and Washington Counties, also separating East Greenwich and Warwick from North Kingstown.
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