Nathanael Greene, a general in the American Revolutionary War was born here on Forge Farm in 1742.
Thus, Potowomut's location would have allowed relatively easy travel across Greenwich Bay to Warwick Neck or Buttonwoods.
The Greene family mainly used the land to raise cattle and harvest hay, which was then shipped across Greenwich Bay to the wharf in Apponaug, Rhode Island.
A fondness for lavish hospitality and fancy living plunged Richard Greene into deep debt.
Potowomut's Fire Fighting services were for a long time provided by the town of East Greenwich for a yearly fee.
Some were originally beach houses, closed in the winter months, now converted to full-time residences.
Potowomut is a peninsula on Narragansett Bay which can only be accessed via East Greenwich and/or the town of North Kingstown, only East Greenwich has municipal sewer lines (North Kingstown is in the process of putting them in along Post Road and part of Camp Avenue only).