Addison, Texas

Addison is an incorporated town in Dallas County, Texas, United States, immediately north of Dallas, with a 2020 census population of 16,661. The site was settled as early as 1846, was named Noell Junction when the Cotton Belt railway built a depot there in 1903, and took the name Addison in 1904 after a local resident and postmaster. Residents voted to incorporate on June 15, 1953, and the name became the Town of Addison in 1982. Addison Airport, opened in 1957 for business aircraft, shaped its early growth, and the town later became known for its restaurants, with nearly 200 of them, and its hotels. It has a daytime population estimated at over 120,000, and its major corporate headquarters include Dresser, Daseke, Mary Kay Cosmetics and Wingstop. Addison lies within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area and covers 4.4 square miles, all of it land.