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List of New Jersey area codes
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The area codes in the U.S. State of New Jersey are a component of the North American Numbering Plan.
- 201: Northeastern New Jersey, primarily Bergen County and Hudson County.
- 551: Overlays area code 201.
- 609: Trenton, Lawrenceville, Princeton, Medford, Atlantic City, Barnegat, Wildwood, Ocean City, Burlington, Cape May.
- 640: Overlays 609.[1]
- 732: Toms River, Edison, New Brunswick, Freehold, Red Bank, Woodbridge, Perth Amboy, Carteret
- 848: Overlays 732.
- 856: Camden, Cherry Hill, Glassboro, Vineland, Salem, Marlton, Clayton, Monroeville.
- 908: Elizabeth and Union County, Somerset County, Warren County, Hunterdon County, and parts of southern and western Morris County.
- 973: Essex County, Passaic County, Morris County, Sussex County, and small portions of Bergen and Hudson County.
- 862: Overlays 973.
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Area code 201 was the original, sole area code for New Jersey in 1947, when the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) devised the first continental telephone numbering plan. It was also the first area code assigned in the numbering plan.