Hendricks West Virginia Map

About Hendricks, West Virginia

Hendricks is a locality in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 228. The population density is 257.4 people per km². Hendricks is located at 39.0751°N, 79.6309°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Hendricks is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 26271.

Hendricks occupies a narrow, shadowed basin where the Blackwater River carves a restless path through the dense, verdant expanse of the Monongahela National Forest. It lies 39.4 miles southeast of Fairmont, WV (from Fairmont, WV: bearing 136°T), and is situated 15.5 miles northeast of Elkins. The land rises sharply from the riverbank, climbing toward the jagged, distant silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains that define the far horizon. Sunlight here is brief and slanted, catching the high ridges in the early morning before retreating into the deep, cooling gloom of Fishing Trough Hollow. The air carries the damp, iron-scented weight of constant water and deep timber, a stillness broken only by the persistent, rushing pulse of the river as it pulls through the dark stones.

Hendricks grew from the relentless ambition of the timber era, when the surrounding woods fed the mills that once defined the local economy. Today, the echoes of those iron-wheeled locomotives have faded into the quietude of a place defined more by the patient regrowth of hardwoods than the scramble of industry. A traveler might seek out the challenging ascent of the Bennet Rock Trail or venture further toward the thundering descent of Blackwater Falls, yet the true character of Hendricks remains in its stubborn, quiet endurance against the encroaching wild. Life here moves in accordance with the turning seasons and the slow, inevitable drift of the forest, far removed from the frantic pace of the lowlands.

About This Hendricks Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hendricks, West Virginia. Coordinates: 39.075107, -79.630893. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Hendricks includes the ZIP code (26271), telephone area code (304), county seat of Tucker County (Parsons), and school district assignment (Tucker County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.