A number of Neolithic and Bronze Age items have been discovered at Buchholz, Ryfflirain-Riederen and Kanalmühle.

Fragments of Roman era bricks were found in the Grammetwald.

In 1852 the political municipality and the Bürgergemeinde of Treiten merged into a single body.

The Jura water correction project of 1874-83 drained the marshy Grosses Moos and Treiten was assigned 155 hectares (380 acres) of the newly arable land.

Between 1945 and 1972 several plans were developed to build the Grosses Moos Intercontinental Airport in the municipalities of Treiten and Finsterhennen.

The project was eventually abandoned and the area of the proposed airport reverted to farm land.

[5] The municipality is located at the foot of a moraine that crosses the Grosses Moos marsh.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a bend sinister wavy Azure and overall a Tau Cross couped Sable issuant from a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Vert.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (377 or 95.4%) as their first language, French is the second most common (8 or 2.0%) and Albanian is the third (5 or 1.3%).

In the federal election, a total of 190 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 58.8%.

[10] There were 224 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.9% of the workforce.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 13 or 3.3% were Roman Catholic, while 347 or 87.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.

Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship.

[17] During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 45 students attending classes in Treiten.