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2019 Map of Harpeth Valley

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Harpeth Valley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

The winding Harpeth River carves deep bends through the borderlands of Dickson and Cheatham counties, shaping a landscape defined by significant terrain features like Paint Rock Bluff and Sampson Ridge. In the southern reaches, the established community of White Bluff and the nearby Frog Pond sit at the edge of a network of hollows and ridges, while the isolated Nosegay Cem and Williams Cem offer critical touchpoints for family historians.

Transport and topography dictate the settlement patterns here, from the river-hugging loops of Corlew Bend to the small rural clusters at Claylick and Petway. The presence of Hava-Lakatu Lakes and numerous small drainages like Leatherwood Cr and Jones Creek highlights the intricate hydrology of the area. This 2019 survey documents the transition from small hamlets such as Germantown and Griffintown into a contemporary rural-suburban hybrid of middle Tennessee.