| River Mile(s) |
Name |
County(ies) |
Settlement(s) |
Notes |
Coordinates |
| Nebraska-Missouri Border |
| 551.3-555.7[1] |
Hamburg Bend[1] |
Otoe County, Nebraska |
Four Mile Precinct and Otoe Precinct |
|
40°36′03″N 95°45′31″W |
| 545.9-552.7[2] |
Lower Hamburg Bend[2] |
Atchison County, Missouri |
Buchanan Township |
IA-MO-NE Tri-Point is in the northern portion of this bend |
40°34′32″N 95°46′02″W |
| 544.5-547.2[3] |
Kansas Bend[3] |
Otoe County, Nebraska and Nemaha County, Nebraska |
Otoe Precinct and Peru Precinct |
|
40°31′22″N 95°43′01″W |
| 500 |
McKissick Island[4][5] |
Nemaha County, Nebraska |
McKissick Island Precinct |
Pene-exclave of Nebraska in Missouri |
40°32′23″N 95°40′25″W |
| 500 |
Peru Bottoms |
Nemaha County, Nebraska |
Otoe Precinct and Peru Precinct |
|
40°30′57″N 95°43′24″W |
| 541.6-544[6] |
Nishabotna Bend or Lower Kansas Bend[6] |
Nemaha County, Nebraska |
Peru Precinct |
|
40°29′50″N 95°41′54″W |
| 500 |
Evans Island[7][5] |
Atchison County, Missouri |
Nishnabotna Township and Templeton Township |
|
40°27′00″N 95°39′27″W |
| 536.4-536.9[8] |
Sonora Bend[8] |
Nemaha County, Nebraska |
Brownville Precinct |
|
40°25′06″N 95°39′46″W |
| 533.2-534.5[9] |
Brownville Bend[9] |
Nemaha County, Nebraska |
Brownville, Nebraska |
|
40°22′50″N 95°38′57″W |
| 528.1-531.4[10] |
Langdon Bend[10] |
Nemaha County, Nebraska |
Nemaha Precinct |
|
40°20′26″N 95°37′52″W |
| 525.6-527.5[11] |
Aspinwall Bend[11] |
Atchison County, Missouri |
Benton Township |
|
40°19′05″N 95°38′24″W |
| 500 |
Hoot Bowl Bend |
Atchison County, Missouri |
Benton Township |
|
40°18′55″N 95°36′52″W |
| 500 |
Morgan Island[12][13] |
Nemaha County, Nebraska |
Nemaha Precinct |
|
40°18′17″N 95°36′28″W |
| 516.1-520.6[14] |
Deroin Bend[14] or Hemmes Bend[15] |
Atchison County, Missouri and Holt County, Missouri |
Clark Township and Lincoln Township |
|
40°15′36″N 95°32′22″W |
| 500 |
Lincoln Bend[16][17] |
Nemaha County, Nebraska |
Nemaha Precinct |
|
0°N 0°E |
| 516.9-519.1[18] |
Indian Cave Bend[18] |
Nemaha County, Nebraska and Richardson County, Nebraska |
Barada Precinct and Nemaha Precinct |
|
40°15′12″N 95°32′11″W |
| 505.9-507.1[19] |
Cottier Bend[19] or Arago Island[15] |
Richardson County, Nebraska |
Arago Precinct |
|
40°08′52″N 95°26′21″W |
| 498.1-502.3 |
Rush Bottom Bend[15] or Winnebago Bar[15] |
Holt County, Missouri and Richardson County, Nebraska |
Bigelow Township and Minton Township |
Part is a pene-exclave of Nebraska in Missouri |
40°05′30″N 95°24′26″W |
| 500 |
Nemaha Bends[20] or Tarkio Bend[15] |
Richardson County, Nebraska |
Rulo Precinct |
Part of the Iowa Reservation |
40°01′53″N 95°21′17″W |
| 500 |
Missouri Bend[21] or Squaw Bend[15] |
Richardson County, Nebraska |
Rulo Precinct |
KS-MO-NE Tri-Point is in the southern portion of this bend |
40°00′24″N 95°18′37″W |
| Kansas-Missouri Border |
|
Rush Island[15] |
Doniphan County, Kansas |
Iowa Township |
|
|
| 477.1-481.5[22] |
Wolf Creek Bend[22] |
Holt County, Missouri |
Forest Township and Lewis Township |
|
39°54′34″N 95°11′39″W |
|
Charleston Bend[15] |
Doniphan County, Kansas |
Center Township |
|
|
| 463.9-467.4[23] |
Burr Oak Bottom[24][5] or Dallas Bend[15] or Solomons Island[15] |
Doniphan County, Kansas |
Burr Oak Township |
|
39°53′21″N 95°01′20″W |
| 500 |
Nodaway Island[15] |
Andrew County, Missouri |
Nodaway, Missouri |
|
39°54′09″N 94°57′08″W |
| 456.3-460[25] |
Worthwine Island[25] or Gray Back Island[15] |
Andrew County, Missouri |
Lincoln Township |
|
39°51′16″N 94°56′16″W |
| 500 |
Gladden Bottom[26][5] |
Doniphan County, Kansas |
Burr Oak Township and Washington Township |
|
39°49′00″N 94°54′01″W |
| 500 |
Bon-Ton Bend (historical)[27][15] |
Doniphan County, Kansas |
Washington Township |
Was the north side of French Bottoms before the river shifted |
0°N 0°E |
| 500 |
French Bottom[28][5] or Belmont Bend (historical)[29][15] or Lover's Island (historical)[30] |
Doniphan County, Kansas |
Washington Township |
Pene-exclave of Missouri in Kansas, Rosecrans Memorial Airport is situated here. |
39°46′36″N 94°54′22″W |
| 500 |
Elwood Bend (historical)[31] |
Doniphan County, Kansas |
Elwood, Kansas |
Was the south side of French Bottoms before the river shifted |
39°45′44″N 94°53′56″W |
| 441.6-449.5[32] |
Elwood Bottoms[32] |
Doniphan County, Kansas |
Elwood, Kansas |
|
39°43′40″N 94°53′50″W |
| 500 |
Doniphan Bend[33] |
Buchanan County, Missouri |
|
|
39°37′11″N 95°03′09″W |
| 424-428.3[34] |
Rushville Bend[35][5] or Benedictine Bottoms[34] |
Atchison County, Kansas |
|
|
39°34′54″N 95°03′44″W |
| 500 |
McQueen Bend[36][5] |
Buchanan County, Missouri |
|
|
39°34′43″N 95°05′48″W |
| 500 |
Atchison Bend[37][15] |
Buchanan County, Missouri |
|
|
39°33′35″N 95°06′39″W |
| 414.9-419.5[38] |
Dalbey Bottoms[38] |
Atchison County, Kansas |
|
|
39°29′56″N 95°03′26″W |
| 408.5-409.1[39] |
Oak Mills Bend[5][39] or Cow Island[40][15] |
Leavenworth County, Kansas |
|
|
39°24′59″N 94°58′09″W |
| 500 |
Harpst Island[41][42][43] or Iatan Bend[44] |
Platte County, Missouri |
|
|
39°25′31″N 94°57′44″W |
| 404.2-406.2[45] |
Kickapoo Island[46][5][40][47] |
Platte County, Missouri |
|
|
39°23′30″N 94°55′01″W |
| 403-403.3[48] |
Weston Bend[49][5] |
Platte County, Missouri |
|
|
39°23′33″N 94°53′37″W |
| 500 |
Leavenworth Island[50][40][43][47] |
Platte County, Missouri |
|
Formerly a true river island. |
39°18′48″N 94°53′45″W |
| 500 |
Stigers Island[51][43]> or Delaware Bend[52] or Spar Island[40][47] |
Leavenworth County, Kansas |
|
|
39°15′10″N 94°51′01″W |
| 500 |
Pope Bend[53][5] or Coney Island[47] or Donigan Island[47] |
Platte County, Missouri |
|
|
39°12′32″N 94°49′13″W |
| 500 |
Diamond Island[42][40] or Weavers Bend[54] |
Leavenworth County, Kansas and Wyandotte County, Kansas |
|
|
39°10′10″N 94°44′19″W |
| 500 |
Pomeroy Bend[55][5] |
Platte County, Missouri |
|
|
39°10′35″N 94°45′29″W |
| 500 |
Little Platte Bend[56][57] |
Platte County, Missouri |
|
|
39°10′48″N 94°41′50″W |
| 500 |
Parkville Bend[58][57] |
Wyandotte County, Kansas |
|
|
39°10′46″N 94°39′54″W |
| 500 |
Quindaro Bend[59][5] |
Platte County, Missouri |
|
|
39°09′23″N 94°39′19″W |
| 500 |
Goose Island[60][42] or Kaw Bend[61] or Kaw River Bend[57] |
Wyandotte County, Kansas |
|
Formerly a true river island;[62] became meander in the 1910s.[63] |
39°08′40″N 94°35′31″W |
| 500 |
Kansas River Bend[64] |
Platte County, Missouri |
|
|
39°06′55″N 94°36′30″W |