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About Addison

Addison is an incorporated town in Dallas County, Texas, United States. Addison is situated to the immediate north of the city of Dallas, with a 2020 census population of 16,661.Addison and Flower Mound were the only two Texas municipalities labeled "towns" with a population greater than 10,000 at the 2010 census; since then the municipalities of Prosper and Trophy Club—also identifying as towns—have also exceeded 10,000 in population estimates. == History == Addison was originally part of Peter's Colony. The future town site was settled as early as 1846 when Preston Witt built a house near White Rock Creek. In 1849, the Witt family opened a gristmill. In 1880, settler Sidney Smith Noell purchased a large tract of land south of what is now Belt Line Road. In 1888, Noell, together with W.W. Julian and W. E. Horten, donated land to the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway, a predecessor of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway (known as the Cotton Belt), for a coaling station.The first substantial industry in the community was a cotton gin, opening in 1902. In 1903, the Cotton Belt built a depot and a 12 mi (19 km) branch line leading south to Dallas, named the site Noell Junction, and started passenger train service from the small depot to the city.