Kibbutz Misgav-Am was founded on November 2nd, 1945, (the day of the Balfour Declaration), and it was on this day that a group of youngsters from the Palmach climbed from Kibbutz Kfar Giladi to the very top of the Naphtali mountain.

. The kibbutz is situated on the north-west side of the Naftali mountain range
in the Upper Galilee, 841m above sea level. On the north side is Lebanon .
and to the east is the Hula Valley and Mount Hermon
The kibbutz owns land both in the valley and in the mountain areas.

In the beginning of the kibbutz the population of the kibbutz was only built up by Israeli groups of youth organizations but in the late seventies new immigrants arrived from Europe, USA and South America. At the moment the total population of the kibbutz is approximately 280 people, which include children, members, residents and students. But efforts are being made to enlarge the population.