Editing Uurainen (section)

== History ==
Six possible Stone Age settlements have been found on the territory of modern Uurainen. Four of these sites are in Kuukkajärvi, one in the village of Uurainen and another one in Höytiä. Evidence for permanent Iron Age settlement has not been found.<ref>{{cite book
 |author-surname = Sinisalo
 |author-given = Hannu
 |title= Uurainen: Kuukan kappelista nykypäivään 1868-1993
 |page = 19
 |date= 1993
 |volume= 
 |edition= 
 |location= Jyväskylä
 |publisher= Gummerus Kirjapaino Oy
 |language= fi
 |isbn= 951-96762-0-1
}}</ref>

The area of modern Uurainen was devoid of a permanent settled population in the Middle Ages. In the 15th and early 16th centuries, these lands were held as hunting grounds by [[Tavastians]]. The first settler of Uurainen was Paavo Minkkinen, who in 1548 established a farm named ''Salmela'' in the hunting grounds of ''Heinäjoensuu'', owned by the men of the village of [[Laitikkala]] in [[Tyrväntö|Kulsiala]] (nowadays in [[Pälkäne]]). This area would later become the register village of Kuukkajärvi. Paavo Minkkinen, like almost all settlers of Uurainen, was a [[Savonian people|Savonian]]. The Minkkinen family likely originated from [[Mikkelin maalaiskunta|Pellosniemi]] near modern [[Mikkeli]].<ref>Kuukan kappelista nykypäivään, page 20.</ref>

The first register villages to be established in the area were Kuukkajärvi and Akonjärvi, both of which were first mentioned in 1561. Akonjärvi was merged into Kuukkajärvi in 1586.<ref>Kuukan kappelista nykypäivään, page 21.</ref>

Uurainen was originally a part of the parish of [[Saarijärvi]]. It was mentioned in 1741 under the Swedish name ''Uhrais''. The area got its own chapel in 1801 and was variously called ''Uurainen, Kuukkajärvi, Kuukka'' and ''Minkkilä''. The area had multiple names as the vicarage (''pappila'') was located in the register village of Uurainen while the church was located in the village of Kuukkajärvi on the lands of the Minkkilä farm.<ref name="spnk">{{Cite web|title=SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|url=https://kaino.kotus.fi/www/verkkojulkaisut/julk63/SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|page=481|access-date=August 17, 2022|website=kaino.kotus.fi|language=fi}}</ref>

Uurainen became a separate parish in 1868, though the separation effectively happened in 1887.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Suomen Sukututkimusseura - Uurainen|url=https://hiski.genealogia.fi/seurakunnat/srk?CMD=SRK&ID=588&TYPE=HTML&LANG=FI|access-date=June 10, 2023|website=hiski.genealogia.fi|language=fi}}</ref> The northern part of [[Nyrölä]], which at that time included Höytiä, was transferred from the [[Jyväskylän maalaiskunta|Jyväskylä]] parish to Uurainen in 1868.<ref>{{cite book
 |author-surname = Lappalainen
 |author-given = Jussi T.
 |title= Jyväskylän maalaiskunnan kirja
 |page = 53
 |date= 1977
 |volume= 
 |edition= 
 |location= Jyväskylä
 |publisher= Jyväskylän maalaiskunta ja maaseurakunta
 |language= fi
 |isbn= 951-99104-3-3
}}</ref>