[7] Muskego is the fifth-largest community in Waukesha County, and has a large Norwegian American population.

The history of Muskego started originally as the home of the Potawatomi, who named it "Mus-kee-Guaac", which means "sunfish".

The first European came in 1827 and a few years later (1833), the Potawatomi tribe ceded their lands in Wisconsin to the United States government.

When it became a city it included the unincorporated communities of Durham Hill and Tess Corners.

The park included rides, games of chance, the Tailspin wooden roller coaster (1955) and was a venue for musical bands.

Big Muskego Lake is fringed with cattail-dominated wetlands and encompasses numerous islands of cattail marsh.

Bass Bay has a maximum depth of 23 feet (7.0 m) and has a bottom substrate of predominantly muck with some isolated sandy shoreline areas.

Residents and visitors to Little Muskego Lake enjoy a variety of lake-related recreational activities, including boating, skiing, sailing, and fishing.

The Muskego Waterbugs perform a water ski show in front of Idle Isle Park each Wednesday evening throughout the summer.

The lake has a glacially formed kettle basin that reaches a maximum depth of 55 feet (17 m) with bottom substrates varying from sands and gravel to muck.

An outlet stream on the south end drains to Ke-Nong-Go-Mong (Long) Lake in Racine County.

He was followed by Donald Wieselmann, Wayne Salentine, David DeAngelis, Mark Slocomb, Charles Damaske, John Johnson, Kathy Chiaverotti and Rick Petfalski.