Hedrick is a city in Keokuk County, Iowa, United States.

These crossed the Rock Island tracks here, so it was a natural location for a station and town.

The Minneapolis and St. Louis took over the Iowa Central around the same time, and the Burlington line was abandoned in 1934.

[5] By 1991 several businesses in the community's main street closed, and the economy had declined.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.53 square miles (3.96 km2), all of it land.

There were 335 housing units at an average density of 215.0 per square mile (83.0/km2).

The racial makeup of the city was 98.3% White, 1.2% African American, and 0.5% from two or more races.

28.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

28.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Hedrick is notable for its well-preserved brick Main Street and its depot, formerly serving the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway (east-west) and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (north-south).

[16] It was the first school district in Iowa to be closed involuntarily by the state government.