On the historical map, the area of Raška was marked as Dardania and at the time of the Roman colonization of the Ibar valley the capital was Municipium Dardanorum (Sočanica). Raška was the first Nemanjić’s (Serbian) independent country, the center of culture and the statehood of Serbs, and through the area where today the Municipality of Raška extends, all important trade routes have passed. The witnesses of that time are the towns whose remains are along the so-called Roman road, namely Zvečan, Goleč, Brvenik, Maglič, Janok. In the first Serbian state, the first school was founded in the Nemanja’s Palace, the cradle of Serbian literacy and spirituality, where our first enlighteners and writers of St. Sava and Stefan the First-Crowned were educated. With the arrival of the Turks, the headquarters of commerce is moved to Novi Pazar until 1833, when the Ibar valley separated from the Ottoman Empire with its southern and middle part. Then there was the need to establish Raška town in place of Raški Ibar, where the border was located.

Raška as a settlement was first mentioned in 1835, and the town of Raška was proclaimed at the session of the state council of the Principality of Serbia on September 6, 1845, at the proposal of politicians and statesman Ilija Garašanin. Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević, by his decision of September 17, 1845, proclaimed the founding of Raška. The first Urban Plan of Raška, done by Nikola Alković, dates back to 1844, which is considered one of the oldest urban plans.

Wars from 1912 to 1918 did not miss Raška. In one period, during the First World War, from October 31 to November 15, 1915, Raška was in some way the capital of Serbia because it hosted the King and the then Serbian government. Raška was liberated on November 27, 1944. Today’s Raška municipality, as a distinct functional-spatial unit, was formed in 1960.
The day of the municipality of Raška is marked every September 17th.