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Welcome to Addison ...

The town of Addison is located in Webster County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Addison, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Addison has a population of 673 people<2> (see below for details).

Addison is 1,600 feet [488 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Addison lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Addison: 304 & 681<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Addison had an population of 673 people. This is a decrease of 13.27% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 16.71% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Addison had a population of 776 people (which is 8.48% of the total population of Webster County). This makes Addison the county's most populous community.

The population of Addison represents 0.04% of the population of West Virginia (which has 1,852,994 people), making it the state's 131st most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 776 people, the population of Addison decreased 3.96% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 808 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Addison.

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 Wisconsin.

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.

  • Richwood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Cowen
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Camden-on-Gauley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Camden-on-Gauley is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden-on-Gauley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
  • Orndoff
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Orndoff is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orndoff
  • Halo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Halo is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halo
  • Upperglade
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Upperglade is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upperglade
  • Big Run
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Big Run is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
  • Erbacon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Erbacon is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erbacon
  • Welch Glade
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Welch Glade is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch Glade
  • Hacker Valley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Addison ...

Looking for more information about Addison? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Addison, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor 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.<6>

From that list, the Addison post office opened in 1886. The Addison post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Addison.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Webster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Addison.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Addison - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Addison area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Addison area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/