Located to the north-east of Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council.

As part of the Settlement of the Thousand scheme, a new village was founded in the Emek Hefer on 19 July 1932 on a stretch of sand dunes on land owned by the Jewish National Fund.

Colonel Patterson visited the moshav in 1937, and in his last years expressed his desire to be buried in Israel with his men.

Colonel Patterson died in California in 1947, less than a year before the establishment of the State of Israel, and was interred at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles.

In 2014, Patterson's ashes were brought to Israel and buried at the moshav cemetery, in the presence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other dignitaries.