South Bend, NE

South Bend is a village in Cass County, Nebraska, United States. The 2020 census counted 92 residents. The main landmark is a pedestrian bridge across the Platte River which leads to Schramm Park State Recreation Area. South Bend was built in 2004 on the pillars of the abandoned Rock Island Railroad bridge. South Bend makes sense once you see how its past, landscape, and current gathering spots overlap. The useful thing to know about South Bend is that its older landmarks and current settings belong to one connected place. Thirty-five trains a day—most of them coal trains—still pass through the area on the BNSF Railway main. The first permanent settlement at South Bend was made in 1856. South Bend was platted in 1857.