Editing Clive, Iowa (section)

==History==

Clive was platted in 1882 but did not incorporate as a city until August 18, 1956.<ref name="Clive History">{{cite web|author=Clive Historical Society|title=Clive History|url=http://www.clivehistoricalsociety.com/clive_history.htm|accessdate=2007-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621015516/http://www.clivehistoricalsociety.com/clive_history.htm|archive-date=2007-06-21|url-status=dead}}</ref> While the exact origin of the city's name is unknown, it is believed to have been named after [[Robert Clive]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Henning|first=Barbara Beving Long|author2=Patrice K. Beam|year=2003|title=Des Moines and Polk County: Flag on the Prairie|publisher=American Historical Press|location=Sun Valley, California|isbn=1-892724-34-0}}</ref>

In its early days, Clive was a [[coal mining]] town and a [[railroad]] shipping point along the St. Louis – Des Moines Northern Railway. The railroad depot, which dates back from 1882, has been restored while the neighboring Swanson House, dating back from 1911, serves as the headquarters for the Clive Historical Society.<ref>{{cite web|author=Clive Historical Society|title=Swanson House|url=http://www.clivehistoricalsociety.com/swanson_house.htm|accessdate=2007-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621020124/http://www.clivehistoricalsociety.com/swanson_house.htm|archive-date=2007-06-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>

After incorporation in 1956, Clive has served as a mostly residential [[suburb]] of [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]], and the city has grown in both land area and population since that time. Most of Clive's businesses are along 86th Street, Hickman Road (which forms most of the boundary with [[Urbandale, Iowa|Urbandale]]), and University Avenue (which forms the boundary with [[West Des Moines, Iowa|West Des Moines]]). Clive has been part of the West Des Moines School District since 1962;<ref name="Clive History"/> the portion of Clive that is in Dallas County is part of the [[Waukee, Iowa|Waukee]] School District.