  the harpeth river,  long,u.s. geological survey. national hydrography dataset high-resolution flowline data. the national map, accessed june 8, 2011 is one of the major streams of north-central middle tennessee and one of the major tributaries of the cumberland river. via the cumberland and the ohio rivers, it is part of the mississippi river watershed. ==course== the harpeth rises in the westernmost part of rutherford county, tennessee, just to the east of the community of college grove in eastern williamson county. the upper portion of the river has been contaminated to some extent by the operation of a lead smelting plant located near the kirkland community that recycled use automobile batteries from the 1950s until the 1990s. the stream flows generally westerly into the county seat of williamson coun
Landforms_of_Rutherford_County,_Tennessee Rivers_of_Tennessee Tributaries_of_the_Cumberland_River