Hendricks Map
Hendricks is a town in Tucker County, West Virginia, USA. The population was 319 at the 2000 census. The Blackwater River and the Dry Fork join at Hendricks to form the Black Fork, a principal tributary of the Cheat River.
In 1803, after three unproductive years in nearby Canaan Valley, German settler Henry Fansler (d. 1843) settled at the mouth of the Blackwater River at the present site of Hendricks. He called the settlement "Eden". Hendricks was incorporated in 1894 and was named by local coal and timber magnate Henry Gassaway Davis for Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks.
Hendricks is located at 39°4?30?N 79°37?53?W / 39.075°N 79.63139°W / 39.075; -79.63139 (39.074883, -79.631399).
Nearby cities include Hambleton, Harman, Bowden, Elkins, Belington.