Located just south of the town of Pardes Hanna-Karkur, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council.

[1] The kibbutz was established in 1942 by members of the Hashomer Hatzair movement who fled from Czechoslovakia and Poland, with some arriving during Aliyah Bet, during Nazi persecution.

The analogy was presented in Avraham Herzfeld's speech about settlement in the area: He saw the establishment of the kibbutz as being the first of many.

Due to its location near Wadi Ara, the kibbutz was on the front line during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and was attacked by the Iraqi Army.

Galam Ltd., a company that produces starch and glucose for the food industry, is based in Kibbutz Ma'anit.