The area of present-day Misato was part of ancient
Mutsu Province, and has been settled since at least the
Jōmon period by the
Emishi people. During the
Kofun period, a settlement existed in what later became the village of Kogota. During later portion of the
Heian period, the area was ruled by the
Northern Fujiwara. During the
Sengoku period, the area was contested by various
samurai clans before it came under the control of the
Date clan of
Sendai Domain during the
Edo period, under the
Tokugawa shogunate. The villages of Kogota and Nangō were established on June 1, 1889, with the establishment of the modern municipalities system. Kogota was raised to town status on April 1, 1907. It annexed the town of Fudodo and the villages of Kitaura and Nakazone on April 1, 1954, and the village of Shikitama on August 1, 1954. Nangō was raised to town status on July 1, 1954. Misato was formed on January 1, 2006, by the
merger of the towns of
Kogota and
Nangō. ==Government==