Dan was founded in 1939 by Jewish farmers from
Transylvania as part of the
Tower and Stockade campaign. It is affiliated with the
Hashomer Hatzair movement. In 1947, the population was 340. Dan was one of two villages established in honour of
Menachem Ussishkin and counted among
the "Ussishkin Fortresses". It was named after the Israelite town of "
Dan" mentioned in
Genesis 14:14,
1 Samuel 3:20 and
1 Kings 12:29, which has been identified with the nearby
Tel Dan. Kibbutz Dan is located in the territory of the Israelite
tribe of Dan delineated in
Joshua 19:47. It suffered heavy losses during the
1948 Arab–Israeli War, bearing the brunt of the
Syrian invasion. File:דן.-JNF033828.jpeg|Dan under construction, 1940 File:דן - מראה-JNF034498.jpeg|Dan in 1940 File:Kibbutz Dan.jpg|
Palmach mortar training at Dan, 1948 File:Kibbutz Dan ii.jpg|
Yiftach Brigade stationed at Dan, 1948 File:PikiWiki Israel 4454 Agriculture in Israel.jpg|Working in the field, 1948–49 File:PikiWiki Israel 47202 Kibbutz Dan.jpg|Dan during early 1950s ==Economy==