Area code 908

Area code 908 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) in the northern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. The numbering plan area (NPA) comprises communities in Union County, Somerset County, northern parts of Middlesex County, Hunterdon County, Warren County, and parts of Morris County as well as some cell phones in Monmouth and Ocean Counties.

Area code 908 was created when numbering plan area 201 was divided on June 8, 1991 in an area code split.[1] 201 had been the area code for all of northern and central New Jersey since 1958.

On January 1, 1997, 908 was reduced to its western portion, forming area code 732 in the central eastern region of New Jersey.[2] It was the penultimate area code added in the X0X format when 909 was added a year later in California.

Middlesex County is largely 908 in South Plainfield and parts of Edison (particularly Inman Avenue and north of Oak Tree Road) and Piscataway (particularly the New Market area near Plainfield). 908 and the Delaware Valley's 856 are the only area codes in the state that have yet to be overlaid and still use seven-digit dialing.

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References
  1. About Verizon New Jersey: Years 1985 to 1998 Archived November 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Verizon Communications, accessed May 12, 2007.
  2. Newman, Andy. "New Area Codes Introduced", The New York Times, June 2, 1997. Accessed January 23, 2008.
New Jersey area codes: 201/551, 609/640, 732/848, 856, 862/973, 908
North: 862/973
West: 484/610, 570/272 908 East: 347/718/929/917
South: 215/267/445, 609/640, 732/848
New York area codes: 212/332/646, 315/680, 347/718/929, 516, 518/838, 585, 607, 631/934, 716, 845, 914, 917
Pennsylvania area codes: 215/267/445, 223/717, 272/570, 412, 484/610, 724, 814, 878


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