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AREA CODE 714

Area code 213, is one of the original California area codes established in October 1947 under the North American Numbering Plan.  When implemented in 1947, it covered the bottom third of California from the Central Valley down to the Mexico border.  It is interesting to note that when established the rotary phone was just coming into use and to keep the number of clicks" down to a minimum when long-distance dialing, Los Angeles was given six "clicks" (Each number represented a click, 1=1, 2=2, and so forth).  Los Angeles by 1947 had become the third largest city in the United States, so had the privilege of being assigned a low "click" number.  The other two cities that received low area codes were Chicago (312) and New York (212).  Due to the tremendous growth that the Los Angeles region experienced along with increasing use of telephone driving devices (fax machines, cell phones and pagers) the 213 area code has been split five times, now being reduced to just a few dense square miles of the downtown Los Angeles region.  The area code 213 has become one of the smallest in the nation and currently serves about 2.2 million  

 






ANAHEIM 01 "LEMON"


Original Pacific Telephone & Telegraph office built in the 1970s, to relieve the long lines from the Palmdale office in this rural horse ranch community. Became Pacific Bell, SBC and now AT&T.

Remote switch hosted by microwave from the Palmdale office.



ANAHEIM 11 "CYPRESS"

 Original Pacific Telephone office built in the 1970s to relieve the Newhall office and reduce long line issues. Became Pacific Bell, SBC and now AT&T.

Remote switch hosted from the Palmdale office.



ANAHEIM 12 "LA PALMA"

Original Pacific Telephone office became Pacific Bell, SBC and now AT&T. Serving the southeastern farming region of the San Joaquin Valley. 

Remote switch hosted by the Bakersfield 12 "Fairview" office.

Old Exchanges:  SPring 4



ANAHEIM 17 "ANAHEIM HILLS"

 Original Central California Telephone office built in the 1920s to serve the Mugunden and southern Bakersfield areas. Became Pacific Telephone in the 1960s then Pacific Bell, SBC and now AT&T.

The Temple office, now serves as the tandem office for the Bakersfield region.

Old Exchanges: EMpire 6 and ROchester 7



BREA


  Originally constructed by the Central California Telephone Company in the 1900s and bought by Pacific Telephone in the late 1960s. This office was once considered a Class 3 "Primary" office in the Direct Distance Dialing switching hierarchy, with direct connection to the Los Angeles Sectional Office. Host office to two Bakersfield remote offices as well.

Old Exchanges: FAirview 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7



BUENA PARK


 Original Pacific Telephone office built in the 1960s to relieve the Bakersfield 12 office. Became Pacific Bell, SBC and now AT&T. 

Old Exchanges: TRinity 1



FULLERTON

Original Pacific Telephone office built to relieve Bakersfield 11 and 12 offices. Became Pacific Bell, SBC and now AT&T.

Old Exchanges: TEmple 1 and 2



GARDEN GROVE

Original office built in the 70s to provide service to the farming communities of Mettler and Wheeler Ridge and the Interstate 5 and Highway 99 interchange (Grapevine). 

Remote switch hosted by the Bakersfield 19 office.



HUNTINGTON BEACH XF "SLATER"

Office built in the late 1970s by Pacific Telephone to relieve Bakersfield 12 and serve the growing residential and commercial developments to the west of the city.



HUNTINGTON BEACH XG "MAIN"

Newer office built by Pacific Bell in the late 1980s to relieve Bakersfield West and Temple and to serve the new Seven Oaks development. Nice aesthetic design for a central office. Serves as host office to numerous remotes in the southern Bakersfield area and Sierra Madre Mountain Range.



HUNTINGTON BEACH XH "BUSHARD"


 Original Pacific Telephone office built in the 1970s to serve the private mountain community of Bear Valley Springs located in the Tehachapi Mountains. Note snow, it does get cold up here.

Remote switch hosted from the Tehachapi office.



HUNTINGTON BEACH XL "WARNER"

Small, remote switch built by General Telephone in the 1970s to replace manual toll stations in the rural farming area of Berrenda Mesa and Bitterwater Valley. Office became GTE and now Verizon.

Office is a SLC-5 remote switch hosed from the Taft office.



ORANGE 11 "CHAPMAN"

Office originally installed by Kern Mutual Telephone Company in the 1950s. Became General Telephone, then GTE and now Verizon.

Remote switch hosted by microwave from the Taft office.

Old Exchanges: POplar 4



ORANGE 13 "OLIVE"

Original Pacific Telephone office built in the 1970s to relieve the Newhall office and provide phone service to the growing areas of Castaic and Stevenson Ranch. Office has had numerous additions over the last twenty years.



ORANGE 14 "WEST"


 Office was built by Kern Mutual Telephone Company in the 1950s to replace long lines and manual toll stations from the Maricopa office serving the Cuyama Valley. Office became General Telephone then GTE and now Verizon.

Remote switch hosted by microwave from the Taft office.

Old Exchanges: SOUthfield 6



PLACENTIA


 Original Pacific Telephone office built in the 1950s to serve the growing farming community of Delano. Became Pacific Bell, SBC and now AT&T.



SANTA ANA 01 "BUSH"


 Original Pacific Telephone office became Pacific Bell, SBC and now AT&T.

Remote switch hosted from the Shafter office.

Old Exchanges: VIctor 9



SANTA ANA 11 "BRISTOL"


 Office was built by Kern Mutual Telephone Company in the 1950s to replace long lines from the Taft office and serve the growing oil field developments. Office became General Telephone then GTE and now Verizon.

Remote switch hosted from the Taft office.

Old Exchanges: ROger 8.



SANTA ANA 12 "WEST"


 Original Pacific Telephone office built in the 1960s to relieve the long lines from the Lebec 11 office. Office serves the mountain community of Frazier Park.

Remote switch hosted from the Bakersfield 19 office.

Old Exchanges: CHestnut 5



SILVERADO


 Office built by General Telephone became GTE and now Verizon.

Remote switch hosted from the Lancaster office.



TUSTIN


 Original Pacific Telephone office built in the 1970s to relieve the manual toll stations served from the Little Rock office. Serves the rural community of Lake Los Angeles in the Big Butte rate center located in the Mojave desert. Became Pacific Bell, then SBC and now AT&T.



TUSTIN 70 "RED HILL"


 Original Central California Telephone Compnay office built in the 1950s to relieve the Bakersfield 11 office and Arvin office to serve the rural faming communities of Lamont and Weedpatch. Became Pacific Telephone then Pacific Bell, SBC and now AT&T.

Old Exchanges: FUlton 3 and THornwall 5



WESTMINSTER

General Telephone office built to serve the City of Lancaster, in the Antelope Valley. Became GTE then Verizon. 

Old Exchanges: WHitehall 2 and 8



YORBA LINDA


 Original office built by General Telephone in the 1960s to relieve the Lancaster office and replace manual toll stations in the remote and rural Mojave desert. Became GTE and now Verizon.

Old Exchanges: WHitehall 6



YORBA LINDA 12 "GYPSUM CANYON"


 Original Pacific Telephone & Telegraph office built in the 1940s to relieve the long lines from the Bakersfield 11 office and serve the Interstate 5 Grapevine corridor as well as the Tejon Ranch. Became Pacific Bell, then SBC and now AT&T.

Remote switch hosted from the Bakersfield 19 office

Old Exchanges: CHestnut 8

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