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South Bend
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What does South Bend mean?
proper noun
- A city, the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, named after the southern bend of the St. Joseph River.
- A township in Barton County, Kansas.
- A township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
More meanings (4)
proper noun
- A village in Cass County, Nebraska.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Young County, Texas.
- A city, the county seat of Pacific County, Washington.
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Splendid gravel roads lead from Crum's Point to South Bend, and on through Mishawaka, alternating with sandy stretches to Goshen, which town is said - by the Goshenites - to be the prettiest in Indiana; but there seems to be considerable pride of locality in the great Hoosier State, and I venture there are scores of "prettiest towns in Indiana."