What's In A Name
From the days of the telephone operator who listened in on conversations to hear the latest "town gossip", many phone numbers had names. Click below to visit related sites.
The
TEN ProjectArea Code Selections and (Possible) Meanings
Based on some actual choices (and conjecture in other cases), the following is a partial list of area codes chosen for their "named" properties.
| Area Code | Geographic Area Covered by Code | Commentary | |
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Spells | ||
| 252 | BHA | Bahamas | BaHAmas |
| 246 | BIM | Barbados | Local nickname for Barbados |
| 251 | AL 1 | AL: Mobile area | Alabama fans are #1 |
| 264 | ANG | Anguilla (Caribbean) | Official Abbreviation |
| 267 | BOP | PA: Philadelphia | Bandstand started in Philly! |
| 268 | ANT | Antigua & Barbuda (Caribbean) | ANTigua & Barbuda |
| 284 | BVI | British Virgin Islands | Official Abbreviation |
| 321 | --- | FL: Space Coast, Cape Canaveral | A launch countdown |
| 323 | FAD | CA: Outer central Los Angeles | Are splits in CA just a FAD? |
| 339 | FEW | MA: Suburban Boston | Few in MA will want a 339 #! |
| 352 | FLA | FL: Gainesville, Ocala | The REAL Florida! |
| 424 | GAG | CA: Coastal L.A. County | We were just kidding about the overlay... |
| 425 | HAL | WA: Redmond | "I'm sorry Dave" or maybe Hal is Mr. Gates? |
| 435 | HEL | UT: Rural areas | HELper, Utah, or a warmer place |
| 438 | GET | QC: Montreal area | Montrealers GET a new code |
| 456 | I-56 | Int'l inbound 56K | Inbound 56 |
| 473 | GRE | Grenada (Caribbean) | GREnada |
| 475 | IRK | CT: Fairfield & New Haven Cos. | IRKed about commuting to NYC |
| 484 | HUG | PA: Philadelphia suburbs | City of Brotherly Love |
| 516 | L 1 N | NY: Long Island (Now only Nassau Co.) | Long 1slaNd |
| 562 | Lo B | CA: Long Beach | Abbreviated Long Beach |
| 564 | LOG | WA: western, outside Seattle metro | Possibly chosen for timber? |
| 573 | LSD | MO: Columbia, Jefferson City | No comment! |
| 623 | MAD | AZ: west Phoenix area | Maricopa's Angry Dialers who miss 602 |
| 626 | MAN | CA: Pasadena | Lots of MANsions here |
| 627 | NAP | CA: Napa and Sonoma Counties | NAPa Valley |
| 636 | MEN | MO: St. Charles, suburbs of St. Louis | "I lost 314. Don't MENtion 636 to me" |
| 646 | MHN | NY: Manhattan NYC | ManHattaN |
| 649 | 946 | Turks & Caicos (Caribbean) | Most numbers are 649-946-xxxx |
| 664 | Mo I | Montserrat Island (Caribbean) | Official Abbreviation |
| 678 | Mr T | GA: Atlanta | The A-Team lives in Atlanta? |
| 714 | --- | CA: Orange County Area | Sgt. Joe Friday's badge # on Dragnet |
| 732 | SEA | NJ: East central & Jersey Shore | The Jersey SEAshore |
| 758 | S Lu | St. Lucia (Caribbean) | Castries airport is SLU: Official Island Abbr. |
| 765 | SOL | IN: Central except Indianapolis | Want another code? Well, you're ......... |
| 767 | ROS | Dominica (Caribbean) | Capital is ROSeau |
| 784 | SVG | St. Vincent & the Grenadines (Caribbean) | Official Abbreviation |
| 786 | SUN | FL: Miami / Dade | FL residents screened the code |
| 787 | Pt R | Puerto Rico | PuerTo Rico -OR- "PUR", the island Olympic Team's Name |
| 832 | TEC | TX: Houston | Say it aloud: "TECsas" |
| 843 | TID | SC: Charleston, coastal | TIDewater region of SC |
| 845 | TIK | NY: Rockland, Orange, Putnam, et al. | Losing 914 TIKked off these people |
| 847 | VIP | IL: North suburbs of Chicago | |
| 858 | ULT | CA: La Jolla | It's the ULTimate! |
| 859 | UKY | KY: Lexington, Covington | Univ. of Kentucky |
| 865 | VOL | TN: Knoxville | U. Tenn. VOLs (Volunteers) |
| 867 | TOP | YK, NWT, NU (northern Canada) | TOP of the world |
| 868 | TnT | Trinidad & Tobago (Caribbean) | |
| 872 | USA | IL: Chicago (312 & 773) | |
| 925 | WAL | CA: Walnut Creek, Livermore | WALnut Creek & also 925=Y2K |
| 937 | YES | OH: Dayton | Ameritech: Say YES to 937! |
| 947 | ZIP | MI: Oakland County | ZIP on out and get a new number! |
| 949 | WHY | CA: Southern Orange County | WHY split 714? |
| 970 | WS 0 | CO: Western Slope | Western Slope of the Rockies |
| 979 | WRY | TX: College Station | S.E. Texas is very clever |
