The town also gained a drug store operated by Frank Hartman and a school house erected in the early 1880s.

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.

[5][6] 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.

[7] Hedrick is located on flat, open farmland on the southern edge of Jordan Township, at the intersection of County Roads 900 West and 100 South.

Prior to the founding of the town, a wooded site called Hedrick's Grove stood to the east of nearby Redwood Creek.