Hedrick, Indiana

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official_name = Hedrick
settlement_type = Town
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Indiana
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Warren
subdivision_type3 = Township
subdivision_name3 = Jordan
established_title = Founded
established_date = 1881
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timezone = EST
utc_offset = -5
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latd = 40 |latm = 18 |lats = 6 |latNS = N
longd = 87 |longm = 29 |longs = 27 |longEW = W
elevation_footnotes = cite web|url=Gnis3|435978|title=USGS detail on State Line|accessdate=2007-09-24]
elevation_ft = 705
postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 47993
area_code = 765
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Hedrick is a small town in Jordan Township, Warren County, Indiana.

History

The town of Hedrick began on 31 July 1881 with its platting by locals Parmenas G. Smith and G. W. Compton. The first house was built by John Hendricks and the first store opened by Zarse & Ahrens. The town also gained a drug store operated by Frank Hartman and a school house erected in the early 1880s.cite book
last = Goodspeed
first = Weston A.
title = Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana: Historical and Biographical
publisher = F. A. Battey & Co.
location = Chicago
date = 1883
chapter = Towns and Villages of Warren County] A post office was established in Hedrick on 14 January 1880 and closed on 31 January 1959.cite book
title = A History of Warren County, Indiana (175th Anniversary Edition)
publisher = Warren County Historical Society
date = 2002
pages = p. 220]

A tornado nearly destroyed Hedrick on 17 April 1922. The storm cut a path through the town an eighth of a mile wide, killing four residents, destroying six homes and ten businesses, and leaving only three buildings intact. Following the storm, newspapers estimated from ten to fifty thousand people flocked to the area to view the destruction, prompting the governor to deploy part of the state militia to control the crowds and prevent looting.cite book
last = Foxworthy
first = Jane Ellen
title = A History of Warren County, Indiana (175th Anniversary Edition)
publisher = Warren County Historical Society
date = 2002
chapter = Jordan Township]

Geography

Hedrick is located at 40°18'06" North, 87°29'27" West (40.301667, -87.490833) on flat, open farmland at the intersection of County Roads 900 West and 100 South. Its elevation is 709 feet. Prior to the founding of the town, a wooded site called Hedrick's Grove stood to the east of nearby Redwood Creek.cite book
title = Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana
publisher = Baskin, Forster & Company
location = Chicago
date = 1876]

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