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Area code 856

 
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856 is an area code in these New Jersey areas:

    Albion

    Alloway

    Almonesson

    Ashland

    Atco

    Auburn

    Audubon

    Audubon Park

    Aura

    Barnsboro

    Barrington

    Bellmawr

    Berlin

    Berlin Boro

    Berlin Township

    Billingsport

    Bivalve

    Blackwood

    Blackwood Terrace

    Blenheim

    Bridgeboro

    Bridgeport

    Bridgeton

    Brooklawn

    Buena

    Camden

    Carmel

    Carneys Point

    Cecil

    Cedar Brook

    Cedarville

    Centerton

    Cherry Hill

    Cherry Hill Township

    Chesilhurst

    Chews Landing

    Cinnaminson

    Clarksboro

    Clayton

    Clementon

    Collings Lakes

    Collingswood

    Cross Keys

    Daretown

    Deepwater

    Deerfield

    Deerfield Street

    Delair

    Delanco

    Delmont

    Delran

    Deptford

    Dividing Creek

    Dorchester

    Dorothy

    East Berlin

    East Camden

    East Haddonfield

    East Vineland

    Echelon

    Ellisburg

    Elmer

    Erial

    Erlton

    Evesham

    Evesham Twp

    Fairton

    Fortescue

    Franklinville

    Gandys Beach

    Gibbsboro

    Gibbstown

    Glassboro

    Glendora

    Gloucester

    Gloucester City

    Greenwich

    Greenwich Township

    Grenloch

    Haddon Heights

    Haddonfield

    Hancocks Bridge

    Harrison Township

    Harrisonville

    Heislerville

    Hi Nella

    Hilltop

    Hurffville

    Jericho

    Juliustown

    Kirkwood

    Kirkwood Voorhees

    Kresson

    Lakeland

    Landisville

    Laurel Lake

    Laurel Springs

    Lawnside

    Leesburg

    Lenola

    Lindenwold

    Logan

    Logan Township

    Magnolia

    Malaga

    Mannington

    Mannington Township

    Mantua

    Mantua Heights

    Maple Shade

    Marlton

    Marlton Lakes

    Masonville

    Mauricetown

    Medford

    Medford Lakes

    Medford Lakes Boro

    Medford Township

    Merchantville

    Mickleton

    Millville

    Monroeville

    Moorestown

    Mount Ephraim

    Mount Laurel

    Mount Laurel Township

    Mount Royal

    Mullica Hill

    National Park

    New Lisbon

    Newfield

    Newport

    Newtonville

    Norma

    North Delran

    North Marlton

    Oak Valley

    Oaklyn

    Palmyra

    Paradise Lakes

    Paulsboro

    Pedricktown

    Penns Grove

    Pennsauken

    Pennsville

    Pilesgrove

    Pilesgrove Township

    Pine Grove

    Pine Hill

    Pine Valley

    Pitman

    Pittsgrove

    Pittsgrove Township

    Port Elizabeth

    Port Norris

    Quinton

    Rancocas Woods

    Richwood

    Riverside

    Riverton

    Rosenhayn

    Runnemede

    Salem

    Seabrook

    Sewell

    Sharptown

    Shiloh

    Sicklerville

    Somerdale

    South Camden

    South Harrison Township

    South Vineland

    Stratford

    Swedesboro

    Tansboro

    Tavistock

    Thompson Beach

    Thorofare

    Turnersville

    Vineland

    Voorhees

    Voorhees Kirkwood

    Voorhees Township

    Waterford

    Waterford Works

    Wenonah

    West Atco

    West Berlin

    West Collingswood

    West Collingswood Heights

    West Deptford

    Westmont

    Williamstown

    Willow Grove

    Winslow

    Woodbury

    Woodbury Heights

    Woodcrest

    Woodlynne

    Woodstown

    Woolwich

    Woolwich Township


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Area Code 856 is an area code in the U.S. state of New Jersey created in 1999 by a split of area code 609.[1] It covers southwestern New Jersey, in particular the Camden/Cherry Hill and Vineland areas, as well as a very small part of Willingboro Township, along with the western part of Burlington County, while 609 covers the rest of Willingboro and the areas to the north and east.[2] Essentially, 856 covers the areas directly adjacent to Philadelphia. The coverage area comprises the eastern suburbs of Philadelphia.

It is assigned to both landlines and cell phones, but many people living in this area have a cell phone number beginning with the 609 area code.

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History

Area code 201 was rolled out in 1951 as the first area code to be assigned in the United States as part of the North American Numbering Plan, covering the entire state of New Jersey with a single area code.[3][4] Until 1958, 201 was the only area code serving New Jersey; That year, the state split the area code, with the southern portion of the state becoming area code 609.[5]

With the increasing demand for phone numbers needed for businesses, fax machines, pagers and cell phones, the 609 area code rapidly exhausted its capacity.[6] The 856 area code was announced by Bell Atlantic in March 1999 and approved by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities shortly thereafter. The new area code 856 came into effect on June 12, 1999. For the following five months, permissive dialing was allowed, with calls completed even if area code 856 was not dialed as part of a 10-digit phone number. As of November 13, 1999, use of the area code was required to complete calls from outside the area code.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "IN BRIEF; 609 Divided by 2 Will Equal Area Code 856 - New York Times". http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F02E0DA143EF937A25750C0A96F958260. Retrieved on 2007-07-08. 
  2. ^ a b New Area Code Assigned to New Jersey, Bell Atlantic press release dated March 9, 1999. Accessed July 3, 2007.
  3. ^ Now you can call, if your calls don't work some business lines aren't set up to all to new area codes., The Virginian-Pilot, November 1, 1995. Accessed June 8, 2007. "When the first area code, 201, was introduced in New Jersey in 1951, phone-numbering experts thought there would be enough codes with a middle digit of '0' or '1' to last well into the next century."
  4. ^ 1951: First Direct-Dial Transcontinental Telephone Call, AT&T, accessed May 12, 2007.
  5. ^ About Verizon New Jersey: Years 1931 to 1969, Verizon Communications, accessed May 12, 2007.
  6. ^ Breidenbaugh, R.C. Geographic Split of 609 (New Jersey) NPA; addition of 856 NPA. May 1999 NXX updates, North American Numbering Plan Planning Letter dated May 5, 1999. Accessed July 4, 2007.

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State of New Jersey Area Codes: 201, 551, 609, 732, 848, 856, 862, 908, 973
North: 215/267, 484/610/835
West: 302 856 East: 609
South: 302
State of Delaware Area Code: 302
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Area Codes: 215, 267, 412, 484, 570, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878



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