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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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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