Hackensack, Minnesota

About Hackensack

Hackensack, MN is a tiny community located in northern Minnesota counting 300 people who proudly call it home.

Hackensack holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 1.02 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 294 residents per square mile.

📰 Hackensack News Today

• Obituary for John Clarence Elsenpeter Whispering Pines Funeral & Cremation Service · Sep 24
• Phyllis "Jetto" Rose Johnson Obituary | Whispering Pines Funeral & Cremation Service | Hackensack, MN Tribute Archive · Oct 5
• Hackensack, MN Weather Forecast – Hourly & 15-Day SpaceRef · Sep 2
• Obituary for Arlene "Arly" Marie (Walsh) Gjevre Northern Peace Funeral Home · Aug 30
• Betty Johnson Obituary Jan 31, 2026 Brenny Funeral Home · Jan 31

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

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What Makes Hackensack Unique

• Positioned in northern Minnesota, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Minnesota — one of 915 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 12 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Hackensack

• Big Dipper Burger & Cone Shoppe
• Birchwood Char House And Bar
• Lucette's Pizza, Pub & Cafe — pizza
• Udom's Thai Restaurant — thai
• Viddles and Joe

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Hackensack

• Birch Lake Park reviews ★
• Butterfly Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Deep Portage Conservation Reserve · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

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🌤️ Current Weather

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Source: National Weather Service

🗺️ Map of Hackensack

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