Hendricks is a town in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States.

[5] 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.

[6] Hendricks was incorporated in 1894 and was named by local coal and timber magnate Henry Gassaway Davis for Vice President Thomas A.

[8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.34 square miles (0.88 km2), all land.

[9] At the 2010 census there were 272 people, 112 households, and 89 families living in the town.

There were 145 housing units at an average density of 426.5 per square mile (164.7/km2).

There were 138 housing units at an average density of 400.5 per square mile (156.7/km2).