Downtown Hackettstown remains the town's traditional business center and a natural starting point for dining, shopping and local events.
Warren County · Northwest New Jersey
Hackettstown
Main Street · Centenary University · Musconetcong Valley
Hackettstown is one of Warren County's most complete small towns—a walkable Main Street community with a university campus, restaurants and shops, historic neighborhoods, public schools, arts and recreation, and easy access to the Musconetcong River and the mountains of Northwest New Jersey.
NJTGO coverage: This guide focuses on the incorporated Town of Hackettstown. Some businesses, parks and institutions use a Hackettstown mailing address while physically located in neighboring Mansfield, Independence, Allamuchy or Mount Olive; those nearby places are identified separately when useful.
1853
Town incorporated
07840
Hackettstown ZIP Code
Warren County
Northwest New Jersey
Main Street
Historic commercial center
Centenary
University town
Explore Hackettstown
Hackettstown supports a full NJTGO town guide set, with dedicated pages for businesses, dining, real estate, visiting, classifieds and jobs.
Business & Shopping
Main Street shops, Route 46 and Mountain Avenue businesses, services, healthcare and local professionals.
Food & Drink
Restaurants, cafés, bakeries, pizza, pubs, takeout and the downtown dining scene.
Real Estate
Historic homes, in-town neighborhoods, apartments, taxes, zoning and property resources.
Visiting & Lodging
Downtown, Centenary, local history, nearby parks, lodging and trip planning.
Classifieds
Community notices, items for sale, garage sales and marketplace categories.
Jobs
Town employers, schools, Centenary University and regional employment resources.
Downtown Hackettstown & Main Street
Main Street is Hackettstown's defining public space. The downtown combines restaurants, independent businesses, professional services, historic buildings and community activity in a compact, walkable district.
The BID supports downtown businesses, streetscape activity, promotions and community events throughout the year.
Hackettstown has one of the stronger local dining clusters in Warren County, especially around Main Street and the surrounding commercial corridors.
Downtown storefronts are complemented by businesses along Mountain Avenue, Route 46 and nearby shopping areas.
Town History
Hackettstown was incorporated on March 9, 1853 from portions of Independence Township. The town later exchanged territory with neighboring Mansfield Township during the nineteenth century as local municipal boundaries developed.
How Hackettstown got its name: Local tradition connects the town's name with early settler Samuel Hackett. Before the Hackettstown name took hold, the settlement was associated with names such as Helms' Mills, reflecting its early milling history along the Musconetcong Valley.
Hackettstown grew from an agricultural and milling settlement into a railroad and commercial center. Its historic street pattern, churches, burial grounds, institutional buildings and downtown commercial structures still show the town's nineteenth-century development.
Historic Places
A local resource for Hackettstown history, photographs, documents, family research and historic-place information.
The burial ground dates to the eighteenth century and contains graves connected with the town's earliest families and veterans of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812.
Hackettstown's church buildings and cemeteries preserve important pieces of the community's early settlement and architectural history.
Commercial blocks, institutional buildings and houses reflect Hackettstown's growth as a nineteenth- and early twentieth-century regional center.
This nearby historic district represents an early farming, milling, manufacturing and trading settlement and is best treated as a neighboring Mansfield Township destination rather than part of Hackettstown proper.
Rail connections helped expand Hackettstown's regional role and remain part of the town's transportation identity today.
Centenary University, Arts & Culture
Hackettstown is a college town. Centenary University gives the community a cultural and educational anchor just a short distance from Main Street and contributes performances, lectures, athletics and campus life to the town.
908-852-1400
Private university offering undergraduate, graduate and professional programs from its historic Hackettstown campus.
The university's performing-arts activity gives Hackettstown a year-round theater and cultural presence unusual for a town of its size.
The town has a long-running network of dance schools, music instruction, local musicians and community arts activity.
Local organizations, university programming and downtown events bring visual art, live music and performance into community life.
Parks, Sports & Outdoor Recreation
Hackettstown sits in an excellent outdoor-recreation region. In-town recreation is complemented by the Musconetcong River and nearby state-park and mountain trail systems just beyond the municipal boundary.
Seasonal municipal recreation facility serving local residents and families.
Hackettstown supports organized recreation and community programs across multiple sports and age groups.
The river shapes the Hackettstown landscape and connects the town with fishing, conservation and scenic recreation throughout the Musconetcong Valley.
State-park destination along the Musconetcong River with hiking, fishing, camping and picnic opportunities. Confirm the actual municipal location when planning.
Large regional park system with hiking, mountain biking, fishing and extensive trails just outside Hackettstown.
The Hackettstown mailing area supports a broad mix of sports clubs, training facilities and recreational businesses.
Education
908-852-2800
Public school district serving Hackettstown students from elementary through high school.
908-852-8550
Elementary school in the Hackettstown public district.
908-852-2805
Elementary school serving local families.
908-852-8554
Middle-school campus in the public district.
908-852-8150
Public high school serving Hackettstown and designated sending-district students.
Hackettstown's higher-education anchor and an important local employer and cultural institution.
Town Government & Public Services
Town of Hackettstown
215 Stiger Street
Hackettstown, NJ 07840
908-852-3130
Hackettstown, NJ 07840
908-852-3130
Town Government
Mayor & Town Council
Use the official Town website for current elected officials, meetings and agendas.
Use the official Town website for current elected officials, meetings and agendas.
Hackettstown Police
Emergency: 911
Non-emergency: 908-852-3300
Non-emergency: 908-852-3300
Public Works
908-852-2320
Recreation
908-852-4095
Tax Services
Tax Collector and Tax Assessor information is maintained by the Town.
Community Organizations & Local Life
Maintains community historical resources and helps preserve Hackettstown's local story.
Supports Main Street businesses, downtown promotions and public events.
Veterans and community organization with a longstanding local presence.
Part of the broader network of community and human-service organizations serving Northwest New Jersey.
The university population contributes substantially to local culture, volunteerism and downtown activity.
Hackettstown hosts seasonal downtown and community events throughout the year. Confirm dates with the Town or BID before traveling.
Places of Worship
Hackettstown and the surrounding 07840 area include a broad range of congregations. Because postal addresses extend beyond the municipal boundary, verify the municipality when location matters.
Planning a visit? Hackettstown works well as a walkable downtown stop, a Centenary University event destination, or a base for exploring the Musconetcong Valley and nearby Northwest New Jersey parks. Use the Visiting & Lodging and Food & Drink pages for a more detailed trip plan.
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