Editing Munnsville, New York (section)

== History ==
Asa Munn opened a mercantile business in the community ''circa'' 1817.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

In 1990 the village received national media attention and interviews by [[Connie Chung]] when a local dairy farmer, Delbert Ward, allegedly murdered his brother William Ward by [[Asphyxia|suffocation]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Ward Boys of Madison County NYS |url=http://www.northofseveycorners.com/slcnys/thewards.htm |access-date=July 16, 2023 |website=www.northofseveycorners.com}}</ref> Delbert was found not guilty at trial. In 1992, this incident was examined in the documentary ''[[Brother's Keeper (1992 film)|Brother's Keeper]]''.

Munnsville became a popular racing location for [[skateboarding]] because of the Madison County Gravity Festival, which began in 2002. Skateboarders from all over North America and Europe descend on the village for the last weekend of July and race their skateboards at speeds up to {{convert|95|kph|mph|-1|order=flip}}.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

The former Munnsville depot of the defunct (March 29, 1957) New York, Ontario & Western Railway is now a private residence, occupied by NYO&W historian and author John Taibi.<ref>https://www.biblio.com/book/hojack-remembering-rw-railroad-division-peter/d/1461931958 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>