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Dover, NJ is currently assigned two area codes 862 and 973. Dover, New Jersey utilizes an area code overlay in which area
codes 862 and 973 serve the same geographic area. Area code 973 was put into service in June 1, 1997. The area code overlay which serves Dover, NJ was put into service on December 29, 2001 when area code 862
was created as an overlay of area code 973. Ten digit dialing (area code + seven digit number) is necessary in Dover, NJ because two different homes in the same geographic area can have the same seven digit
phone number but each would have a different area code.
In addition to Dover, area codes 862 and 973 serve the larger communities of Belleville, Bloomfield, Clifton, Garfield, Hillside, Irvington,
Kearny, Livingston, Lodi, Maplewood, Montclair, Morristown, Newark, Nutley, Orange, Parsippany, Passaic, Paterson, Wayne, West Milford and West Orange, in addition to many smaller communities in northern New
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