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Welcome to Addison ...

Addison is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Addison, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

Addison is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Addison lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Addison: 262

Communities Also Named Addison ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Addison - they are located in Alabama, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Addison.

Communities near Addison ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Addison.

  • West Bend
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • West Bend is located in Washington County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,478 people
  • Germantown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Germantown is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,057 people
  • Hartford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Hartford is located in Washington County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,675 people
  • Richfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Richfield is located in Washington County
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    • Estimated population in 2015: 11,530 people
  • Jackson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jackson is located in Washington County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,256 people
  • Slinger
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Slinger is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slinger
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,704 people
  • Mayville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Mayville is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,829 people
  • Kewaskum
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Kewaskum is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaskum
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,296 people
  • Merton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Merton is located in Waukesha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,812 people
  • Horicon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Horicon is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horicon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Addison. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Addison.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Addison. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Addison.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Addison. See our Newspapers Page for Addison.

Adding Addison to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Addison in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Addison was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Addison post office opened in 1850. The Addison post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Addison.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Addison - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/