Hackberry is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,261 at the 2010 census, down from 1,699 in 2000. The losses were due to extensive damage from hurricanes Rita and Ike in 2005 and 2008, respectively. It is share of the Lake Charles Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The community of Hackberry was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ike in September 2008. Ike’s 22-foot (6.7 m) storm surge crawled 60 miles (97 km) inland and devastated Hackberry. The small community was flooded by the tall storm surge and all structures (houses, churches, buildings, etc.) were affected. Flooding caused by the hurricane killed many cattle and supplementary farm animals.
The community afterward suffered severe broken in Hurricane Rita, in 2005, and again suffered severe damage due to the landfall of Category 4 Hurricane Laura in the late evening and early hours of daylight of August 26, 2020, Hackberry creature within the eye-wall of the storm.

Hackberry is located in north-central Cameron Parish at 29°59′11″N 93°23′50″W / 29.98639°N 93.39722°W / 29.98639; -93.39722 (29.986485, -93.397190), at an elevation of 8 feet (2.4 m) above sea level on the west side of Calcasieu Lake. Louisiana State Highway 27 passes through the CDP, leading north 17 miles (27 km) to Sulphur and south 20 miles (32 km) to Holly Beach upon the Gulf of Mexico.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Hackberry CDP has a total Place of 34.5 square miles (89.3 km), of which 28.1 square miles (72.7 km²) is home and 6.4 square miles (16.6 km), or 18.59%, is water.