T CLEVE Cleve is a cross roads town on the Eyre Peninsula that services a rich grain growing region. A nice small town Cleve is. Tidy and well presented it is. The town has its origins in the 1850s, with the town established some twenty years later. The new town was named after Cleve House, the county seat in Devon, England of the Snow family, cousins of Sir William Jervois who was the Governor of South Australia at the time. Cleve is a hub for farmers and suppliers on the Eyre Peninsula and hosts a field day held each second year to offer the newest in farming equipment and stock. The first European settlers in the area were the three McKechnie brothers; James, Peter and Donald who arrived in 1853.The first European woman arrived in 1862; a wife of one of the brothers. In 1878, the current site of the town was inspected and surveyed, in anticipation of creating a new town to serve the growing wool and crop industries which were rapidly expanding. The Cleve Museum is located one block removed from the main street. The museum is housed in an heritage building. The Cleve churches are a mix of the very old and the very new. The War Memorial in Cleve is the traditional WW1acknowledgement with great presence. The hotel in Cleve is the traditional single level pub format. Cleve is a really nice place and visit, if a diversion is required is still recommended.