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    This document provides a list of recommended exchange names from AT&T/Bell's 1955 publication "Notes on Nationwide Dialing". The names were chosen so that pronouncing the name would identify the first two letters of the exchange for dialing purposes. The list covers the entire Bell telephone system and includes names from A to Z ranging from ACademy to YUkon and WYandotte. It was meant to help standardize exchange names across the Bell system and make telephone numbers easier to communicate verbally.

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    This document provides a list of recommended exchange names from AT&T/Bell's 1955 publication "Notes on Nationwide Dialing". The names were chosen so that pronouncing the name would identify the first two letters of the exchange for dialing purposes. The list covers the entire Bell telephone system and includes names from A to Z ranging from ACademy to YUkon and WYandotte. It was meant to help standardize exchange names across the Bell system and make telephone numbers easier to communicate verbally.

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    This document provides a list of recommended exchange names from AT&T/Bell's 1955 publication "Notes on Nationwide Dialing". The names were chosen so that pronouncing the name would identify the first two letters of the exchange for dialing purposes. The list covers the entire Bell telephone system and includes names from A to Z ranging from ACademy to YUkon and WYandotte. It was meant to help standardize exchange names across the Bell system and make telephone numbers easier to communicate verbally.

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    10/24/23, 8:08 PM Telephone EXchange Names

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    Ma Bell's Officially Recommended Exchange Names


    The following is a list of recommended names for dialable/quotable telephone EXchange names. It comes from
    AT&T/Bell's publication "Notes on Nationwide Dialing, 1955". Many cities with EXchange names had for
    decades been using names which are not from this list, and they were not necessarily required to change the
    names. These names were supposed to have been chosen such that pronouncing the name should easily identify
    the first two significant dialable letters of the word, as well as quoting the two letters themselves wasn't supposed
    to be confused with other 'like-sounding' letters which were associated with different numbers on the dial. Since
    this list was Ma Bell's official recommendation, it covered the entire Bell system. If you do not have a
    historically accurate exchange name to use for your current telephone number, you should choose one from this
    list.

    To help foster the use of exchange names, send this list everywhere, or print out copies and hand them out
    on streetcorners!
    22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
    ACademy ADams CHapel ALpine AMherst BRidge ATlantic AXminster
    BAldwin BElmont CHerry BLackburn ANdrew BRoad(way) ATlas AXtel
    CApital BEverly CHestnut CLearbrook COlfax BRown(ing) ATwater CYpress
    CAstle CEdar CHurchill CLearwater COlony CRestview ATwood
    CEnter CIrcle CLifford COngress CRestwood AVenue
    CEntral CLinton BUtler

    32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
    DAvenport DEerfield DIamond ELgin EMerson DRake DUdley EXbrook
    DAvis DEwey DIckens ELliot EMpire DRexel DUnkirk EXeter
    EAst(gate) EDgewater FIeldbrook ELmwood ENdicott ESsex DUpont EXport
    FAculty EDgewood FIeldstone FLanders FOrest FRanklin EVergreen EXpress
    FAirfax EDison FIllmore FLeetwood FOxcroft FRontier FUlton
    FAirview FEderal FIrestone

    42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
    GArden GEneral GIbson GLadstone HObart GRanite HUbbard GYpsy
    GArfield GEneva GIlbert GLencourt HOmestead GReenwood HUdson HYacinth
    HAmilton HEmlock HIckman GLendale HOpkins GReenfield HUnter HYatt
    HArrison HEmpstead HIckory GLenview HOward GReenleaf HUntley
    HAzel IDlewood HIllcrest GLobe INgersoll GRover HUxley
    HIlltop GRidley IVanhoe

    52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59
    JAckson JEfferson KImball (In 1955, this JOhn (In 1955, this JUniper LYceum
    LAfayette KEllogg KIngsdale was reserved JOrdan was reserved JUno LYndhurst
    LAkeside KEystone KIngswood for radio LOcust for radio JUstice LYnwood
    LAkeview LEhigh LIberty telephone LOgan telephone LUdlow LYric
    LAmbert LEnox LIncoln numbers) LOwell numbers) LUther
    LAwrence LInden

    62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69
    MAdison MEdford MIdway OLdfield MOhawk ORange MUrdock MYrtle
    MAin MElrose MIlton OLive MOntrose ORchard MUrray OWen
    MArket MErcury MIssion OLiver MOrris ORiole MUseum OXbow
    NEptune MUtual OXford

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    10/24/23, 8:08 PM Telephone EXchange Names
    MAyfair NEwton MItchell OLympia NOrmandy ORleans OVerbrook
    NAtional NEwtown NIagara OLympic NOrth(field) OSborne OVerland

    72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79
    PAlace PErshing PIlgrim PLateau POplar PRescott STate PYramid
    PArk(view) REd(field) PIoneer PLaza POrter PResident STerling SWathmore
    PArk(way) REd(wood) RIver(side) PLeasant ROckwell PRospect STillwell SWift
    RAndolph REgent RIver(view) PLymouth ROger(s) SPring STory SWinburne
    RAymond REpublic SHadyside SKyline SOuth(field) SPruce SUnset SYcamore
    SAratoga SHerwood

    82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89
    TAlbot TEmple THornwell ULrick TOwnsend TRemont TUcker TWilight
    TAlmadge TEnnyson TIlden ULster UNderhill TRiangle TUlip TWinbrook
    TAylor TErminal VIctor(ia) ULysses UNion TRinity TUrner TWinoaks
    VAlley TErrace VIking UNiversity TRojan TUxedo TWining
    VAndyke VErnon VInewood VOlunteer UPtown

    92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
    WAbash WEbster WHitehall (In 1955, this WOodland (In 1955, this YUkon WYandotte
    WAlker WElls WHitney was reserved WOodlawn was reserved WYndown
    WAlnut WEllington WIlliam(s) for radio WOodward for radio WYman
    WArwick WEst(more) WIlson telephone WOrth telephone
    WAverly YEllowstone WIndsor numbers) YOrktown numbers)

    Special thanks to Mark Cuccia for finding & posting this information to the TELECOM-Digest email journal
    (comp.dcom.telecom) - Robert Crowe

    last update: 13 December 1996

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