 Until 1918, "Kunowitz - Kunovice" was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), in the "Ungarisch Hradisch - Uherské Hradiště" district, one of the 34 "Bezirkshauptmannschaften" in Moravia.A post office was opened in 1869.Kunovice gained the official status of a town in 1997.