Munson is a hamlet in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States.

Although often now associated as being part of Franklin Square and West Hempstead, the name lives on through the local fire department.

[1] The name was chosen when the residents wanted the United States Postal Service to open a local post office.

[1] Like Franklin Square, the area was known for some time as Washington Square, and like what happened in Franklin Square some twenty years prior when residents there wanted a post office, the USPS refused so long as the name had "Washington" in it, in order to avoid confusion with all of the other places in New York with Washington in their names.

[2] The merger led to the creation of the Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department, which serves the area to this day.