List of telephone exchanges
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This is a list of telephone exchanges, the numerals preceding the hyphen in local telephone numbers. These were originally known as "office numbers", referring to the actual telephone exchange offices which served each group of lines. In 1955 these office numbers were replaced under the Bell system's "North American Numbering Plan". The scheme initially used names whose first two letters were followed by a numeral to form a three-digit exchange, in the form of "NNX". The individual four-digit telephone number followed. Later, one digit was added to the exchange and one removed from the individual number, keeping the total number of digits dialed for local calls at seven.
Two-letter exchanges
- ALpine (25), College Hills, downtown Birmingham, East Lake, North Birmingham, Acipco
- HAmilton (42), Hueytown, Bessemer
- HEmlock (43), Gardendale
- FAirfax (32), downtown Birmingham, Norwood
- LYric (59), Woodlawn
- MIlton (64), Sumiton, Dora, Empire, Walker County
- MOntrose (66), Shelby County
- STate (78), Belview Heights, Bush Hills, Central Park, Midfield, Ensley, Fairfield, West End
- TRemont (87), formerly "2" and "29", Homewood, Mountain Brook, Shades Mountain
- VAlley (82), Bluff Park, Shades Mountain
- VErnon (83), formerly "84", East Lake, Roebuck
- VIctor (84), Inglenook, Tarrant
- WOrth (96), East Lake, Woodlawn
Three number exchanges
Exchange | Location | Origin |
---|---|---|
251 | downtown Birmingham | formerly ALpine 1 |
252 | downtown Birmingham | formerly ALpine 2 |
254 | downtown Birmingham | formerly ALpine 4 |
321 | downtown Birmingham | formerly FAirfax 1 |
322 | downtown Birmingham | formerly FAirfax 2 |
323 | downtown Birmingham | formerly FAirfax 3 |
324 | downtown Birmingham | formerly FAirfax 4 |
325 | downtown Birmingham | 1960s- |
328 | downtown Birmingham | 1970s- |
332 | Homewood | 1990s- |
424 | Bessemer | 1960s- |
425 | Bessemer | originally HAlifax 5 |
426 | Bessemer | originally HAlifax 6 |
428 | Bessemer | originally HAlifax 8 |
590 | Kimberly | |
591 | Crestwood, Woodlawn | 1960s- |
592 | Woodlawn | originally LYric 2 |
595 | Woodlawn | originally LYric 5 |
599 | Crestwood, Woodlawn | 1960s- |
633 | Pelham | |
647 | Kimberly | |
648 | Walker County | |
780 | Western Birmingham, Fairfield | 1970s- |
781 | Western Birmingham, Fairfield | formerly STate 1 |
783 | Fairfield, US Steel | formerly STate 3 |
785 | Western Birmingham, Fairfield | formerly STate 5 |
786 | Western Birmingham, Fairfield | formerly STate 6 |
787 | Western Birmingham, Fairfield | formerly STate 7 |
788 | Western Birmingham, Fairfield | formerly STate 8 |
Forestdale | 1970s- | |
Forestdale | 1960s- | |
822 | Bluff Park, Hoover, Vestavia Hills | formerly VAlley 2 |
823 | Bluff Park, Hoover, Vestavia Hills | formerly VAlley 4 |
824 | Hoover, Vestavia Hills | 1990s- |
833 | Roebuck | |
836 | Roebuck | |
838 | Roebuck | |
870 | Homewood | 1960s- |
871 | Homewood | formerly TRemont 1 |
877 | Homewood | 1970s- |
879 | Homewood | formerly TRemont 9 |
940 | Homewood | |
942 | Homewood | |
945 | Homewood | 1970s- |
951 | Irondale | 1980s- |
956 | Irondale | 1970s- |
957 | Irondale | 1980s- |
967 | Cahaba Heights, Rocky Ridge | |
978 | Hoover, Vestavia Hills | 1980s- |
979 | Hoover, Vestavia Hills | 1970s- |
985 | Hoover, Riverchase | 1980s- |
987 | Hoover, Vestavia Hills | 1970s- |
988 | Hoover, Vestavia Hills | 1970s- |
995 | Cahaba Heights, Rocky Ridge | 1980s- |
References
- "First long distance dial switchover set March 12" (January 1955) The Birmingham News - via Birmingham Rewound