South Bend

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South Bend

Total population

100

Median home value

$116,700

4.8%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$64,167

South Bend$64k

National$74k

Founded

1857

Air quality index

39Good

Elevation318 m

Land area0.35 km²

Weather80°F · Sunny

Coordinates41.00°, -96.25°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

South Bend is a village in Cass County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 92 at the 2020 census. The main landmark is a pedestrian bridge across the Platte River which leads to Schramm Park State Recreation Area. It was built in 2004 on the pillars of the abandoned Rock Island Railroad bridge. Thirty-five trains a day—most of them coal trains—still pass through the area on the BNSF Railway main.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for South Bend, NE from NOAA NWS API.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

A. J. Sturzenegger

American football and baseball player and coach (1888–1949)

R

Robert J. McNealy

American politician

Daniel Ruge

American neurosurgeon

G

Gayle Benjamin Pickwell

American naturalist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Nebraska

• Louisville
  4.6 mi away · pop. 1,449
• Manley
  7.3 mi away · pop. 204
• Cedar Creek
  8.2 mi away · pop. 427
• Weeping Water
  10.9 mi away · pop. 1,407
• Elmwood
  11.4 mi away · pop. 774
• Memphis
  11.5 mi away · pop. 130
• Papillion
  13.1 mi away · pop. 25,244
• Chalco
  13.7 mi away · pop. 10,595
• La Vista
  15.5 mi away · pop. 16,563
• Venice
  17.2 mi away · pop. 73
• Prairie Home
  17.4 mi away
• La Platte
  17.4 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about South Bend

Taxonomy, paleoecology, and biostratigraphy of the crinoids of the South Bend Limestone (Late Pennsylvanian-Missourian, ?Virgilian) in southeastern Nebraska and southeastern Kansas

Roger K. Pabian · 1993

Audubon guide to the national wildlife refuges

John Grassy · 2000

Flood insurance study

United States. Federal Insurance Administration. · 1977

Railroad accident report

United States. National Transportation Safety Board. · 1975

Housing

United States. Bureau of the Census · 1942

Oversight hearing on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. · 1985

1990 census of population and housing

United States. Bureau of the Census · 1992

1980 census of housing

United States. Bureau of the Census · 1983

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Obscure Bird Grasshopper

Schistocerca obscura

Seen 2026-09-24

southern annual saltmarsh aster

Symphyotrichum divaricatum

Seen 2026-09-24

Barred Owl

Strix varia

Seen 2026-09-24

Gray Hairstreak

Strymon melinus

Seen 2026-09-23

American Snout

Libytheana carinenta

Seen 2026-09-23

Eastern Giant Swallowtail

Heraclides cresphontes

Seen 2026-09-23

false sunflower

Heliopsis helianthoides

Seen 2026-09-23

Western Ratsnake

Pantherophis obsoletus

Seen 2026-09-22

Groundhog

Marmota monax

Seen 2026-09-22

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-10-07 13:15 UTC.