Local Wiki
Cass County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 15, 2026- Board of Commissioners meets
- First and third Tuesday of each month at 9:00 AM.
- Meeting location
- Alternates between Commissioners Board Room (1st Floor Courthouse Annex, 303 Minnesota Ave W, Walker, MN 56484) and Land Department Meeting Room (Backus, MN).
- Recorder
- 218-547-7381
- Agendas posted at
- https://www.casscountymn.gov/AgendaCenter
- Chair, County Board of Commissioners
- 5-member County Board of Commissioners. Chair: Bob Kangas. Phone: 218-587-4453. Email: bob.kangas@casscountymn.gov.
Other Known Local Governments Here
These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.
Cities (15)
- Backus (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Bena
- Boy River
- Cass Lake
- Chickamaw Beach
- East Gull Lake (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Federal Dam
- Hackensack (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Lake Shore (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Longville (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Motley
- Pillager
- Pine River (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Remer (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Walker
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026
School districts (5)
- Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools
- Northland Community Schools
- Pillager Public School District
- Pine River-Backus School District
- Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Schl. Dist
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only