According to Marom, during the 18th and 19th centuries, the area belonged to the Nahiyeh (sub-district) of
Lod that encompassed the area of the present-day city of
Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut in the south to the present-day city of
El'ad in the north, and from the foothills in the east, through the Lod Valley to the outskirts of
Jaffa in the west. This area was home to thousands of inhabitants in about 20 villages, who had at their disposal tens of thousands of hectares of prime agricultural land. Neve Monosson was founded in 1953 by a group of families supported by Fred (Efraim) Monosson, a wealthy raincoat manufacturer and a leading
Zionist from
Boston, Massachusetts. Over the years, it attracted families of airline pilots due to its proximity to the airport. Neve Monosson is located on the land of the
depopulated Palestinian village of
Kafr 'Ana; "on or very near" the village site. The community was a cooperative society within the local regional council from 1953 and became an independent
local council in 1964. In 2003 it elected and established the Neve Monosson Local Administration, in order to preserve the community's unique social and cultural autonomy within a municipal merger with the neighboring town of
Yehud that created the joint Yehud-Monosson municipality. The local administration, which in 2005 received municipal status as an autonomous
borough (''Va'ad Rova Ironi'') from the
Interior Minister, is responsible for all aspects of community life in Neve Monosson and receives basic municipal services from the joint municipality. The community, which has its own elementary school, country club, scouts troop, sports hall, culture hall, library and support system for the elderly, is characterized by its uncommon level of
volunteering activity. Its communal activities are run by non-profit organizations owned by members of the community. ==Archaeology==