Van Cleve (or Vancleve[2]) is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.

[1] Van Cleve was platted in section 11 of Weston Township in November 1880 by Weston T. Plumb, adjacent to the Iowa Central Railroad.

[5] In 1912, Van Cleve was the site of a school house, the post office, lumber yard, and a Congregational church.

[2] The U.S. Bureau of the Census declared that the 2020 geographic center of Iowa's population was in Van Cleve.

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