Incorporated as a community in 1894, the community once known as English Prairie is a tale of two communities changed by the times. Once thought to be a major Wisconsin River port for the lead mining industry in the hills south of the community, Muscoda changed its focus. With the introduction of the railroad the community slowly moved. The main street that once ran parallel to the banks of the river turned to its present north and south.

Muscoda remains a strong farming and industrial community to this day with a large industrial base envied by many other communities of the same size and why not with the back drop of majestic rolling hills and the hardest working river in America.