Area codes 732 and 848 are telephone area codes in the

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(NANP) for parts of the

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In the original configuration of the first nationwide telephone numbering plan of 1947, all of New Jersey was a single numbering plan area (NPA), assigned the first of all area codes, 201. By 1959, it was split to create a second numbering plan area, 609. This division generally followed the dividing line between

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, proximate to

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, and South Jersey, proximate to

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and the

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. Despite the division into two numbering plan areas, all calls within the state of New Jersey were dialed without area codes until July 21, 1963. This configuration of two area code in New Jersey remained in place for c. 33 years, until 1991, when the 201 numbering plan area was further divided to create

area code 908 Area code 908 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) in the northern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. The numbering plan area (NPA) comprises communities in Union County, Somerset County, northern parts of M ...

in its southern half. This made available more central office prefixes in the northern part, comprising the densely populated western suburbs of

, as well as in the Newark, NJ area, which fell into NPA 908. On June 1, 1997, services growth in numbering plan area 908 required splitting the area with a new area code 732 assigned to its southeastern half, along the Atlantic seaboard.

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became mandatory on December 6 of that year. The area includes

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, and

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counties in Northern and Central New Jersey, and Monmouth and northern

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counties on the New Jersey Shore. The assignment of area code 848 to the same numbering plan area in 2001 created an

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for this region as the pool of 732-numbers began to diminish drastically.McKay, Martha
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'', April 18, 2001. Accessed August 11, 2001. "The new New Jersey area codes -- 551, 356, and 848 -- were announced this week and will be introduced next year 002, as of this writingin the regions currently served by 201, 973, and 732, respectively." The area of 732/848, other than Union County, generally defines the Central New Jersey region while 609/640/

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and

Area code 908 Area code 908 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) in the northern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. The numbering plan area (NPA) comprises communities in Union County, Somerset County, northern parts of M ...

/ 201/551/ 862/973 generally mark Southern New Jersey and

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, respectively.

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