Hackensack Minnesota Map

About Hackensack, Minnesota

Hackensack is a locality in Cass County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 294. The population density is 111.2 people per km². Hackensack is located at 46.9308°N, 94.5206°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hackensack is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 56452.

Hackensack reveals itself through the steady, amber flow of the Boy River as it curls through a landscape defined by the deep stillness of the North Woods. It lies 41.1 miles south-southeast of Bemidji, MN (from Bemidji, MN: bearing 156°T), and is situated 25.4 miles east of Park Rapids. The horizon remains low and level, interrupted only by the dark, vertical silhouettes of white pine and spruce that crowd the perimeter of Birch Lake. Here, the air carries a crisp, pine-heavy weight, particularly when the afternoon light skims across the water to turn the surface into a sheet of hammered copper. Beyond the immediate tree line, the terrain shifts into the quiet, wooded seclusion of Miscellaneous, a sprawling expanse that anchors the ecological rhythm of the region. Even in the height of summer, the ground retains the damp, cool scent of a long winter, and the distant, unseen presence of Maple Hill serves as a faint, singular punctuation point against the northern sky.

Hackensack traces its roots to the labor of the timber era, when the relentless extraction of white pine dictated the pace of settlement and built the foundations of the local economy. Today, the focus has shifted toward the seasonal cadence of tourism and the quiet maintenance of a life lived in accordance with the timber-edged seasons. Residents and visitors alike often find their way toward the Deerfield Trail, following paths that wind through the dense understory of the surrounding woodland, much of which finds its character mirrored in the managed wildness of the Badoura State Forest. The local life moves with a deliberate, unadorned focus, anchored by the shared knowledge that the economy and the spirit of the place are inseparable from the health of the river and the surrounding timber. In the evenings, when the temperature drops sharply, the town settles into a quietude that feels as ancient and enduring as the forest itself.

About This Hackensack Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hackensack, Minnesota. Coordinates: 46.930792, -94.520552. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Hackensack includes the ZIP code (56452), telephone area code (320), county seat of Cass County (Walker), and school district assignment (Walker-Hackensack-Akeley School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.