South Bend is a village in Cass County, Nebraska, United States.

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.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.13 square miles (0.34 km2), all land.

19.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 14.8% of families and 23.4% of the population living below the poverty line, including 77.8% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.