On 2/16/20 8:12 AM, Brian Schenkenberger via vcf-midatlantic wrote: Martin pointed me in the correct direction on those other special area codes. ...
Jackson had been 201. Then, 908 was created and Jackson was put in that area code. Soon thereafter, 732 was created and Jackson was again move into that new code. I stopped having business cards printed as it seemed that every time I had new cards printed, the area code was changed. ;)
I didn't know that Jackson was 201, I'd always thought that Rt 33 was kind of the dividing line for 201 & 609. I recall seeing this nice straight line dividing NJ into the two area codes (at the time of 1981). Though the changes would have come soon after that. And yes, I went through the 201 -> 908 -> 732 changes also. I now have to wonder if I recall correctly that Jamesburg/Monroe was in the 609 area code. I know the Spotswood/Monroe section was in the 201 area code. I just recall that I could dial any BBS in the New Brunswick exchanges for free The New Brunswick exchange fed the South River exchange, the South River exchange fed the Spotswood exchange. The Jamesburg exchange wasn't fed by the New Brunswick exchange so parts of Monroe and Jamesburg were a toll call. -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies