Hennepin County | Page Not Found

Business | Hennepin County

Residents | Hennepin County

Trees and forestry | Hennepin County

Media | Hennepin County

Courts | Hennepin County

Employee referral program | Hennepin County

Employees | Hennepin County

Employee benefits | Hennepin County

Phone directory | Hennepin County

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

linking-to-anchor-on-page-that-does-not-exist

August 2025

July 2025

Hennepin County, Minnesota

	Title / URL	Issues
	Hennepin County \| Page Not Foundwww.hennepin.us/invented-url-for-404-page	2
	Business \| Hennepin Countywww.hennepin.us/business	2
	Residents \| Hennepin Countywww.hennepin.us/residents	2
	Trees and forestry \| Hennepin Countywww.hennepin.us/residents/conservation/trees-forestry	2
	Media \| Hennepin Countywww.hennepin.us/media	2
	Courts \| Hennepin Countywww.hennepin.us/residents/public-safety/courts	2
	Employee referral program \| Hennepin Countywww.hennepin.us/jobs/employee-referral-program	2
	Employees \| Hennepin Countywww.hennepin.us/employees	2
	Employee benefits \| Hennepin Countywww.hennepin.us/employees/benefits-summary	2
	Phone directory \| Hennepin Countywww.hennepin.us/departments/phone-directory	2

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

Hennepin County, Minnesota

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