Your Operator Wrote:
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> > > > > -
> > > >..also areas also used 3 digit phone
> > numbers
> > > (especially rural) until the 50's also.
> >
> >
> > The 3 digit phone number in Fairfax was most
> > likely a party line. Most area of Northern
> Virgina
> > had 6 digit numbers Example CR- 1111
> >
> > By the early 1950's another number was added
> > because of the population growth in this area
> > Example CR3 - 1111
> >
> >
> > One of our oldest exchanges Example 273-1111
>
> Ok, who remembers the local exchanges like above
> with the 273 example? Those first three digits
> were exchanges and tied to where you lived/where
> your business was. A few I remember well, please
> add more;
>
> 971 = Springfield, specifically Springfield Mall
> area. Most mall stores had 971-xxxx numbers
>
> 569, 455 = West Springfield
>
> 644 = West Springfield and often Orange Hunt area
>
> 437, 435, 471 = Herndon
>
> 250 = early Burke Center
>
> 281, 255 - Vienna
Might find "The Telephone EXchange Name Project" interesting:
http://ourwebhome.com/TENP/TENproject.html
I remember coming across this website a few years back.