Kfar Gidon (Hebrew: כְּפַר גִּדְעוֹן, lit.

Located near Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council.

[1] The moshav was founded in 1923 by immigrants from Transylvania who were members of Hapoel HaMizrachi, and was named after the Biblical figure of Gideon (Judges 7:1).

[2] At first the settlement was supposed to be called Moshav Transylvania and it was planned by architect Richard Kauffmann.

However, as a result of reforms in the regional council, the village returned to having one administration.