South Bend, Indiana

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South Bend is the largest city within a 50 mile [80 km] radius.

The next largest community is Elkhart. It is located about 15 miles [24 km] to the east of South Bend and has a population of 51,874 people.^<1>

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Chesterton	W	40 mi [64.4 km]	12,705	21.14% increase
	Goshen	E	23 mi [37.01 km]	32,630	11.05% increase
	La Porte	W	23 mi [37.01 km]	21,174	2.07% decrease
	Michigan City	W	31 mi [49.89 km]	32,405	1.5% decrease
	Mishawaka	E	5 mi [8.05 km]	50,026	7.45% increase
	Plymouth	S	22 mi [35.41 km]	11,038	12.17% increase
	Portage	W	47 mi [75.6 km]	36,976	10.39% increase
	Valparaiso	W	42 mi [67.6 km]	30,429	10.94% increase
	Warsaw	SE	36 mi [57.9 km]	13,627	9.76% increase
	Benton Harbor (MI)	N	31 mi [49.89 km]	10,814	3.29% decrease
	Niles (MI)	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	11,258	7.75% decrease
	Portage (MI)	NE	50 mi [80.5 km]	46,133	2.75% increase
	Saint Joseph (MI)	N	31 mi [49.89 km]	8,458	3.77% decrease
	Sturgis (MI)	E	44 mi [70.8 km]	10,916	3.27% decrease
	Three Rivers (MI)	NE	37 mi [59.5 km]	7,179	2.03% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bremen	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	4,646	3.57% increase
	Georgetown	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Granger	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Gulivoire Park	S	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Indian Village	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]	139	3.47% decrease
	La Paz	S	15 mi [24.14 km]	477	2.45% decrease
	Lakeville	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	549	3.17% decrease
	New Carlisle	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,740	15.61% increase
	North Liberty	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,404	0.14% increase
	Osceola	E	9 mi [14.48 km]	1,784	4.03% decrease
	Roseland	N	2 mi [3.22 km]	621	65.67% decrease
	Simonton Lake	E	16 mi [25.75 km]	---
	Buchanan (MI)	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	4,354	6.99% decrease
	Edwardsburg (MI)	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,108	3.4% decrease
	Galien (MI)	NW	14 mi [22.53 km]	554	6.58% decrease

Saint Joseph County

South Bend is located in Saint Joseph County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Saint Joseph: Elkhart, Marshall, Starke, LaPorte, Berrien (MI) and Cass (MI).

While not sharing a border with Saint Joseph, the following counties are close to South Bend: Kosciusko, Saint Joseph (MI) and Van Buren (MI).

Below are counties that are near South Bend (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to South Bend:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From South Bend
	Elkhart County	E	Jamestown	12 miles [19 km]
	Fulton County	S	Richland Center	35 miles [56 km]
	Kosciusko County	SE	Hastings	26 miles [41 km]
	LaGrange County	E	Stony Creek	33 miles [53 km]
	LaPorte County	SW	Crumstown	8 miles [12 km]
	Marshall County	S	La Paz Junction	15 miles [24 km]
	Noble County	E	Grismore	35 miles [56 km]
	Porter County	W	Pines	35 miles [56 km]
	Pulaski County	S	Monterey	37 miles [59 km]
	Starke County	SW	Grovertown	24 miles [38 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Indiana<3>

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