It lies on the Reuss River and includes the previously independent community of Sulz, which merged with Künten in 1973.

Chünten and Sulzo were first mentioned in documents around 1160 in the Acta Murensia, which identified the villages as the property of Muri Abbey.

The place name Künten comes from the late Latin (praedium) Quintinacum and means "estate belonging to Quintinus".

In the Middle Ages, the municipality was under the rule of the Habsburgs, who also exercised blood jurisdiction.

Both villages were now part of the Amt Rohrdorf in the county of Baden, a common lordship.

After the Reformation was introduced in 1529, the inhabitants had to return to the Catholic denomination after the Second Kappel War of 1531.

Both villages formed a joint municipality, but were also two separate local communities with a certain degree of autonomy.

It was built according to plans by architect Walter Moser and contains works of art by Max Rüedi and Alfred Huber.

Of the rest of the land, 12.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.1%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).

[8] The historical population is given in the following table:[10] The mill at Mühlegasse 2 is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[12] From the 2000 census[update], 891 or 60.0% are Roman Catholic, while 346 or 23.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.