Kunesh, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Kunesh is located in Wisconsin
Kunesh
Kunesh
Kunesh is located in the United States
Kunesh
Kunesh
Coordinates: 44°36′56″N 88°11′25″W / 44.61556°N 88.19028°W / 44.61556; -88.19028
Country United States
State Wisconsin
CountyBrown
TownPittsfield
Elevation
231 m (758 ft)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code920
GNIS feature ID1567661[1]

Kunesh (/ˈkuːnɪʃ/ KOO-nish)[2] was a village (now an unincorporated community) around the crossroads between sections 21, 22, 27 and 28,[3] in the Town of Pittsfield, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States. Kunesh is located on County Highway U 11 miles (18 km) northwest of Green Bay.

History

A post office was established March 8, 1894 and named for George Kunesh (1864–1924), the first postmaster.[4][5] It was discontinued on August 14, 1905. Kunesh, who was born in Bohemia, was naturalized in 1889;[6] he was the son of Jan (John) and Dorota (Dora) Kuneš, who emigrated to the United States from Bohemia and farmed in Kewaunee County.[7]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kunesh, Wisconsin
  2. ^ MissPronouncer.com: A HALFWAY DECENT AUDIO PRONUNCIATION GUIDE FOR WISCONSIN
  3. ^ Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide, Rand McNally 1977
  4. ^ Frederic Gomes Cassidy. Brown County, Wisconsin Place Names. 1963.
  5. ^ "George Kunesh". Green Bay Weekly Gazette. Green Bay, WI. January 25, 1899. p. 5. Retrieved January 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ "Wisconsin, County Naturalization Records, 1807-1992", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZVVZ-5BT2 : 1 March 2021), George Kunesh, 1889.
  7. ^ 1880 US Census of Franklin, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, p. 220.


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