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Nearest Communities to Hackensack,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Hackensack, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Hackensack:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Hackensack is located in Cass County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cass County: Aitkin, Beltrami, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca, Morrison, Todd & Wadena.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 59 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Hackensack. Of these communities, 30 are located in counties other than Cass County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Hackensack (which is Cass County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Hackensack

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Cass County   (where Hackensack resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.casscountymn.gov/
    • County Seat for Cass:   Walker
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hackensack   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hackensack.
      • Backus
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Pontoria
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Pontoria is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontoria
      • Ah-gwah-ching
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Ah-gwah-ching is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ah-gwah-ching
      • Whipholt
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Whipholt is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipholt
      • Oshawa
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Oshawa is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshawa
      • Onigum
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Onigum is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onigum
      • Walker
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Mildred
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Mildred is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
      • Baker
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Baker is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
      • Longville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Chickamaw Beach
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Chickamaw Beach is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickamaw Beach
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
      • Wabedo
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Wabedo is located in Cass County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabedo
      • Continue List   (17 more) ...
        • Brevik
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Brevik is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevik
        • Pine River
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Inguadona
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Inguadona is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inguadona
        • North Central Cass
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • North Central Cass is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Central Cass
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
        • Wilkinson
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Wilkinson is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
        • Boy River
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Boy River is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boy River
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
        • Graff
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Graff is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graff
        • Poplar
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Poplar is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
        • Federal Dam
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Tobique
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Tobique is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobique
        • Outing
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Leader
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Leader is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leader
        • Remer
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Ellis
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Ellis is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
        • Cuba
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Cuba is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
        • Schley
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Schley is located in Cass County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schley
        • Lake Shore
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Crow Wing County
    • County Website:   https://www.crowwing.gov/
    • County Seat for Crow Wing:   Brainerd
    • Note: The Mississippi River runs along the eastern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hackensack   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hackensack.
      • Jenkins
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Swanburg
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Swanburg is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanburg
      • Lakewood Court
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Lakewood Court is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Court
      • Manhattan Beach
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Fifty Lakes
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Pequot Lakes
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Breezy Point
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Crosslake
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Emily
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Emily is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emily
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emily <3>
      • Pequot Terrace
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Pequot Terrace is located in Crow Wing County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequot Terrace
  • Hubbard County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hubbard.mn.us/
    • County Seat for Hubbard:   Park Rapids
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hackensack   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hackensack.
      • Chamberlain
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Chamberlain is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlain
      • Akeley
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Badoura
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Badoura is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badoura
      • Nevis
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Benedict
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Benedict is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benedict
      • Dorset
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Dorset is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
      • Laporte
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Emmaville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Emmaville is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
      • Deer Lane
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Deer Lane is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lane
      • Park Estates
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Park Estates is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Estates
      • Hubbard
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Hubbard is located in Hubbard County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
      • Park Rapids
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Kabekona Corner
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Kabekona Corner is located in Hubbard County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kabekona Corner
        • Guthrie
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Guthrie is located in Hubbard County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
        • Horton
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Horton is located in Hubbard County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
        • Lake George
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Wadena County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hackensack) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
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