The town's name derives from an Old Slavonic word "раменье" (ramenye), meaning "on the edge of forest".

[citation needed] In 1831, a textile factory was founded in Ramenskoye and by the second half of the 19th century, it had grown to be one of the largest enterprises in the Russian Empire.

[citation needed] On the night of 9 September 2024, during a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on western Russia.

a Ukrainian drone crashed into an apartment building in Ramenskoye, killing 1 and injuring 3 according to Moscow Oblast governor Andrey Vorobyov.

[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with the village of Dergayevo, incorporated within Ramensky District as the Town of Ramenskoye.