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503: The northwestern corner of Oregon, including Portland and its metropolitan area, Salem and other cities 541: All of Oregon outside the northwestern corner, including Eugene. 971: An overlay of area code 503. Until 2008, 971 was a concentrated overlay, meaning it was only present in some parts of the 503 area. Today it is a standard overlay.
Telephone numbers listed in 1920 in New York City having three-letter exchange prefixes. In the United States, the most-populous cities, such as New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago, initially implemented dial service with telephone numbers consisting of three letters and four digits (3L-4N) according to a system developed by W. G. Blauvelt of AT&T in 1917. [1]
In the initial configuration of the nationwide telephone numbering plan designed by AT&T in 1947, [1] the state of Oregon was assigned a single area code, 503. Despite Oregon's growth in the second half of the twentieth century, particularly in the Willamette Valley (Portland and Eugene), this remained so for 48 years, making Oregon one of the largest states by area with a single area code.
However, by 2007, 541 was quickly exhausting central office codes, due to the proliferation of cell phones and pagers, particularly in Eugene, Corvallis and Medford. To mitigate central office code exhaustion, the Oregon Public Utility Commission approved an overlay numbering plan with area code 458 for the entire area, [ 2 ] resulting in ...
Windermere Real Estate was founded by John W. Jacobi in 1972, when he purchased an eight-agent office in Seattle, Washington. [1] It grew outside Seattle in 1984 with an office on Bainbridge Island. [3]
Named for Thomas Hart Benton, senator and advocate of U.S. annexation of the Oregon Country. 97,713: 676 sq mi (1,751 km 2) Clackamas County: 005: Oregon City: 1843: One of the original four districts of the Oregon Country: Named for the Clackamas people, a local Native American tribe. 423,173: 1,868 sq mi (4,838 km 2) Clatsop County: 007 ...
Oregon.gov. Salem, Oregon: State of Oregon. 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-12-22 "State Agencies, Boards and Commissions". Oregon Blue Book (Online). Salem, Oregon: Oregon Secretary of State. 2006
The most commonly known examples are emergency telephone numbers such as 9-9-9, 1-1-2 and 9-1-1.Other services may also be available through abbreviated dialing numbers, such as the other of the eight N11 codes of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) besides 9-1-1. [1]