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AREA CODE 775

Area code 775 was split from the original Nevada area code of 702 in 1998. The 775 area code serves the entire state of Nevada, aside from the Las Vegas metropolitan region. Historically Nevada Bell has been the largest telephone provider for 775 along with numerous independent companies.




AUSTIN
(Thanks to CJ)

 Original Bell Telephone Company of Nevada --> Nevada Bell --> SBC and now AT&T remote switch hosted from the Ely office.

Old Exchanges: WOrth 4



BEATTY
(Thanks to AJ)

 Original Bell Telephone Company of Nevada --> Nevada Bell --> SBC and now AT&T remote switch hosted from the Pahrump office. It is interesting to note that the Beatty office is in the 775 area code and the host office in Pahrump is in the 702 area code.



CARSON CITY
(Thanks to AJ)

 Original Bell Telephone Company of Nevada --> Nevada Bell --> SBC and now AT&T digital host switch serving the capital of Nevada.

Old Exchanges: GRanite 2



CHURCHILL BUTTE
(Thanks to AJ)

 Original Bell Telephone Company of Nevada --> Nevada Bell --> SBC and now AT&T remote switch hosted from the Carson City office. Newer office built in the 1980s to relieve Silver Springs.



DAYTON
(Thanks to AJ)

 Original Bell Telephone Company of Nevada --> Nevada Bell --> SBC and now AT&T remote switch hosted from the Carson City office. Serves the old mining town of Dayton.



EUREKA
(Thanks to CJ)

 Original Bell Telephone Company of Nevada --> Nevada Bell --> SBC and now AT&T remote switch hosted from the Ely office.



FALLON "PIONEER"
(Thanks to CJ)

 Operated by independent Churchill County Telephone Company. Remote switch hosted by the Fallon Main office.



GARDNERVILLE

 Tandem and host office for the various remotes served by Verizon in this western Nevada region south of Reno. Was once a Class 4 "Toll Center" as part of the Direct Distance Dialing hierarchy with direct trunk groups to the Reno Class 3 "Primary Center."

Old Exchanges: SUnset 2



GOLDFIELD
(Thanks to AJ)

 Original Citizens Telephone of Nevada office, now Frontier Communications remote switch hosted by microwave from the Tonopah office. Serves the old gold mining town of Goldfield along the western edge of the state.



HAWTHORNE
(Thanks to AJ)

 Original Bell Telephone Company of Nevada --> Nevada Bell --> SBC and now AT&T digital switch.

Old Exchanges: WIlson 5



INCLINE VILLAGE

 Original Bell Telephone Company of Nevada --> Nevada Bell --> SBC and now AT&T remote switch hosted from the Carson City office. Serves the southern area of Lake Tahoe. Part of the Crystal Bay Rate Center

Old Exchange: LIberty 7



LATHROP WELLS
(Thanks to AJ)

 Original Bell Telephone Company of Nevada --> Nevada Bell --> SBC and now AT&T remote switch hosted from the Pahrump office. Serves the rather remote Armargosa Valley.



MINA
(Thanks to AJ)

 Original Bell Telephone Company of Nevada --> Nevada Bell --> SBC and now AT&T remote switch hosted from the Hawthorne office



RENO "MAIN"

 Main Tandem office for the Reno region. See Reno Tandem for more information.



RENO 12 "BRIDGEWOOD"

 Old Exchange: ROchester 7 (Time Announcement)



RENO 13 "LYMBERLY"

Original Bell Telephone Company of Nevada --> Nevada Bell --> SBC and now AT&T digital switch.



RENO 14 "SOUTH"

 Newer office built in the early 1980s by Nevada Bell to relieve Reno Lymberly and Main.



RENO 15 "CAPITOL"

 Original Bell Telephone Company of Nevada --> Nevada Bell --> SBC and now AT&T remote switch hosted from the Sparks office.



SILVER SPRINGS
(Thanks to AJ)

 Original Bell Telephone Company of Nevada --> Nevada Bell --> SBC and now AT&T remote switch hosted from the Sparks office.



SPARKS

 Original Bell Telephone Company of Nevada --> Nevada Bell --> SBC and now AT&T digital switch providing host to numerous office in northwestern Nevada.

Old Exchanges: Elgin 5 and FLeetwood 8



STATELINE
GTE, now Verizon Office serving South Lake Tahoe and adjacent communities. Microwave service to Gardnerville.

Old Exchanges: LUdlow 8



TONOPAH
(Thanks to AJ)

 Original Citizens Telecommunication Company of Nevada office now Frontier Communications digital switch providing host services to numerous remotes. Was once a Class 4 "Toll Center" as part of the Direct Distance Dialing hierarchy with direct trunk groups to the Reno Class 3 "Primary Center."



VIRGINIA CITY


 Original Bell Telephone Company of Nevada --> Nevada Bell --> SBC and now AT&T remote switch hosted from the Carson City office. Serves the famous historic mining town of Virginia City, Nevada. 
Was one of the last offices in the nation to have manual switchboard services. Dial was finally installed in 1975!



WASHOE

 Original Bell Telephone Company of Nevada --> Nevada Bell --> SBC and now AT&T remote switch hosted from the Carson City office.



YERINGTON
(Thanks to AJ)

 Original Citizens Telecommunications of Nevada office now Frontier Communications remote switch hosted by the Gardnerville office. Was once a Class 4 "Toll Center" as part of the Direct Distance Dialing hierarchy with direct trunk groups to the Reno Class 3 "Primary Center."

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