North Bend is a city in Dodge County, Nebraska, United States.

The main east–west line of the Union Pacific Railroad passes through the city.

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.79 square miles (2.05 km2), all land.

[6] The site of North Bend was settled in 1856 by a party of Scottish immigrants.

En route from Lake Zurich, Illinois to Kansas,[7] they stopped at a bend at the northernmost point of the Platte River,[8] where they were invited to an impromptu Fourth of July celebration at a newly founded townsite named Emerson.

Finding the site congenial, and concerned about the "Border War" in Kansas,[7] they opted to remain there, founding a nearby townsite that they named Franklin.

One such party brought a steam-powered sawmill and meal-grinder,[7] the first steam mill in Dodge County.

[7] In the 1860s, the town had a pontoon bridge across the Platte River allowing for trade with the farms to the south of the river making into the local grain market, a prime business opportunity for the incoming Union Pacific Railroad.

For many years, surveys had showed the town's location as "the north bend"[4] and was the northernmost point of the UP in the state of Nebraska.

[10] The residents and UP officials agreed on North Bend as the name for the town.

[8] The first train arrived in North Bend in 1866, and the town was platted by the railroad in 1867.