Addison, Texas

Addison is an incorporated town in Dallas County, Texas, United States. The 2020 census population was 16,661. Addison is immediately north of Dallas.

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.Template:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn

The first substantial industry in the community was a cotton gin, opening in 1902. In 1903, the Cotton Belt built a depot and a Template:Cvt branch line leading south to Dallas, named the site Noell Junction, and started passenger train service from the small depot to the city.Template:Sfn In 1904, a post office opened; however, there was already a community named Noell in Leon County, Texas, so the new community changed its name to Addison, after Addison Robertson, a local resident who would later serve as the community's second postmaster from 1908 to 1916.Template:Sfn Also in 1904, Julian platted the first six city blocks.

The population grew to 75 by 1914, at which time the community had three grocers and a bank, but the bank later failed and the population fell to 40 in 1926. After World War II, residents grew concerned that the nearby cities of Dallas, Carrollton, or Farmers Branch might annex the community, so they petitioned the county to allow an election for incorporation. The election was held on June 15, 1953, and by a vote of 19 in favor and 11 against, Addison was incorporated as a city.Template:Sfn

In 1955, W.T. Overton, a 28-year-old businessman from Dallas, purchased a large farm north of the Cotton Belt depot, and in January 1956, he announced that the site would be redeveloped as an airport focused on business aircraft.Template:Sfn After obtaining final approval from the city, Addison Airport had its formal groundbreaking ceremony on March 16, 1957,Template:Sfn and its grand opening took place on October 18 of that year.Template:Sfn

At the time, Addison residents relied almost entirely on private wells for water. Overton and his investors realized that a private well would not support their development plans, so they petitioned the city to drill a municipal well and build its first public water system. The project was approved by voters in April 1957 and construction began in August. The well was later supplemented by a large water main extended from Dallas.Template:Sfn

In 1961, an investment group including Overton, John D. Murchison (son of oil magnate Clint Murchison Sr.), and Dallas-area developer Trammell Crow opened a Template:Cvt industrial park in the triangular area formed by the Cotton Belt, Dooley Road, and the main Addison Airport runway.Template:Sfn

In 1970, the city had 595 residents and eighty businesses. That decade, the local government heavily promoted industrial development. In 1976, residents voted to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages, which was prohibited in most of Dallas County and nearby Collin County; together with low taxes, this prompted many restaurants and hotels to open in the city. The town grew very quickly in the late 1970s and early 1980s. By 1986, there were 49 restaurants in town; in 1991, there were 118, and the population had grown to over 8,000. From 1989 through 1991, Addison hosted the Dallas Grand Prix.Template:Sfn

In 1982 the name of the city was changed to the "Town of Addison".

The Addison Airport Toll Tunnel, a three-year, $26.8 million project to relieve traffic on Belt Line Road, was completed in February 1999, restoring the continuity of Keller Springs Road 42 years after it was severed by the construction of Addison Airport.Template:Sfn

Geography

Addison is located within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan statistical area. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of Template:Convert, all land. Addison Airport covers roughly one-eighth of the town's area.

Addison is bordered by Dallas to the north, east, and south, Carrollton to the west, and Farmers Branch to the west and south.

Demographics

Addison racial and ethnic composition
(NH = Non-Hispanic)Template:Efn

Race	Number	Percentage
White (NH)	8,001	48.02%
Black or African American (NH)	2,646	15.88%
Native American or Alaska Native (NH)	56	0.34%
Asian (NH)	1,347	8.08%
Pacific Islander (NH)	5	0.03%
Some Other Race (NH)	103	0.62%
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH)	696	4.18%
Hispanic or Latino	3,807	22.85%
Total	16,661

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 16,661 people, 8,342 households, and 3,217 families residing in the town.

Economy

Though Addison has just over 16,000 residents, daytime population is estimated at over 120,000 as of 2010. Addison contains 22 hotels (with a combined total of over 3,000 rooms) and over two million square feet of office space.

With nearly 200 restaurants, the town touts itself as having more restaurants per capita than any other city in the U.S.

Major corporate headquarters in Addison include Dresser, Daseke, Mary Kay Cosmetics, and Wingstop. Other major employers in Addison include Bank of America, Concentra and IWG. Addison is home to Hand Drawn Pressing, the world's first fully-automated vinyl record pressing plant.

Arts and culture

The WaterTower Theatre produces plays and musicals and hosts the annual Out of the Loop Festival. Addison Circle Park, built in the early 2000s, is a venue for several seasonal outdoor events, such as the "Addison Kaboom Town!," "Addison Oktoberfest," and the foodie fun event, "Taste Addison". The Addison Improv Comedy Club hosts shows.

Texas de Brazil and Fogo de Chão, two Brazilian Churrascaria franchises, originated in Addison.

Parks and recreation

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Addison Circle Park and the sculpture Blueprints at Addison Circle

Addison has Template:Convert of parkland. Addison's first town park opened in 1978. The Dallas Independent School District operates the Alfred J. Loos Athletic Complex in Addison.

The Addison Athletic Club is a 52,000-ft² residents-only facility that features indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a gymnasium, fitness equipment, and racquetball courts.

Addison Circle Park was built in the early 2000s.

Vitruvian Park includes commercial and recreational sections.

There are approximately 27 works of public art throughout the city.

Government

Addison city vote
by party in presidential elections

Year	Democratic	Republican	Third Parties
align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|2024	align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|58.10% 4,026	align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|39.96% 2,769	align="center" Template:Party shading/Independent|1.95% 135
align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|2020	align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|60.08% 4,465	align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|38.27% 2,844	align="center" Template:Party shading/Independent|1.65% 123
align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|2016	align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|51.05% 3,050	align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|42.88% 2,562	align="center" Template:Party shading/Independent|6.07% 363
align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|2012	align="center" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"|44.10% 2,170	align="center" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|54.05% 2,660	align="center" Template:Party shading/Independent|1.85% 91

Education

Most residents are zoned to the Dallas Independent School District, while those on the southern end of Spring Valley and Vitruvian Way are zoned to the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District.

George H.W. Bush Elementary School of Dallas ISD is located within town boundaries. It was scheduled to open in 2012. Bush's attendance boundary covers most of Addison, and DISD allows people in other parts of Addison in its boundaries to attend Bush. Other DISD elementary schools with attendance boundaries including parts of Addison are Anne Frank and Jerry Junkins. Residents zoned to Bush and Junkins are zoned to Walker Middle School and W.T. White High School, while residents zoned to Frank are zoned to Benjamin Franklin Middle and Hillcrest High.

The C-FBISD area is divided between the boundaries of Stark and Blair elementary schools, and all of the C-FBISD portion is within the zones of Vivian Field Middle and R. L. Turner High. Private, co-educational schools in the Town of Addison include Greenhill School, which enrolls over 1,200 students from preschool to high school, and Trinity Christian Academy, which enrolls over 1,400 from preschool to high school.

The original Addison School building was opened in 1914. In 1954 the school became a part of the Dallas ISD, and the school closed in 1964. That school building is now the "Magic Time Machine Restaurant."

External links

• Town of Addison official website
• Article "Addison" in the Handbook of Texas