 It is located along the European route E371, and the town has a rail station on the Skarżysko-Kamienna – Sandomierz line.In the early Middle Ages Kunów belonged to the Archbishops of Kraków, who had a manor house here.In 1241 the village was raided by the Mongols (see Mongol invasion of Poland), and in 1247 it was destroyed by the army of Prince Konrad Mazowiecki.