Oscoda (/ɒˈskoʊdə/ ah-SKOH-də) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Iosco County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

The area was first settled as early as 1867 when the firm of Smith, Kelley, & Dwight purchased land here and platted the community.

The name Oscoda is believed to come from Henry Schoolcraft, who used a shortened form of ossin and muscoda, which means a pebbly prairie.

During the Cold War, it was one of the state's three Strategic Air Command bases that housed Boeing B-52 Stratofortress jets.

Oscoda was featured in the 2002 documentary film Bowling for Columbine, in which director Michael Moore interviewed two young residents.

Eric Harris, one of the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre, spent some of his early years in Oscoda while his father served in the U.S. Air Force.

The community of Au Sable is on the southside of the river, and the surrounding areas are part of the Huron National Forest.