Clever is a city in Christian County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,139 at the 2010 census. It is allocation of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. Clever, like the get out of of Christian County, saw a significant bump in population between 2000 and 2010.

Clever is located upon the Springfield Plateau of the Missouri Ozarks, 14.5 miles (23.3 km) southwest of Springfield at an height above sea level of 1,398 feet (426 m). The town lies in the western panhandle of Christian County, just south of Missouri Highway 14 between Nixa and Billings. The town of Republic and the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield are nearly six miles to the north and northeast.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total Place of 1.26 square miles (3.26 km), all land.

Lincoln Township and the estate that would eventually become the town of Clever remained largely unsettled for many years after Missouri became a let in in 1821. A U.S. Government land survey wasn’t conducted until 1834, and the first estate transaction wasn’t registered until 1845. With the coming of more concurrence to southwest Missouri furthermore came the Old Wire Road. Following a ration of the Great Osage Trail, the road Elongated from St. Louis, Missouri southwest to Fort Smith, Arkansas passing through Springfield, Missouri and upon through Christian county. Along next supply trains and settlers headed for Fort Smith, the Butterfield Overland Mail with made use of the road from 1858 to 1861. A telegraph lineage ran along the similar route as well, giving rise to its name.