Kupres was first mentioned in documents from the Kingdom of Croatia which was based in nearby Duvno (now called Tomislavgrad). During its History, Kupres was part of Kingdom of Croatia, Bosnian Kingdom, the Ottoman Empire, Austro-Hungarian monarchy following the conquest and annexation of Bosnia. After World War I, Kupres found itself in State of Croats, Slovenes and Serbs (SHS), and slightly afterwards in Kingdom of Yugoslavia (within Vrbas Banovina and the Banovina of Croatia (until 1939)). During World War II, Kupres was strategically important town of Independent State of Croatia defended by notorious Black Legion and place where famous Battle of Kupres took place in 1942. After collapse of Nazi Germany and its puppet state of NDH, Kupres became part of newly founded Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia within SR Bosnia and Herzegovina and it stayed that until 1992 and proclamation of independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina that led to War in Bosnia and Herzegovina. During that time, Kupres was held by Serbian forces from April 1992 and was part of Republic of Srpska. Kupres was taken back by Croatian forces in November 1994, when it became part of Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia and after its dissolution, part of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, until this day.