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Fort Lee, New Jersey Area Code Information |
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Fort Lee, NJ Area Codes are 201, 551 |
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Fort Lee, NJ is currently using two area codes 201 and 551. Fort Lee, NJ utilizes an area code overlay in which area
codes 201 and 551 serve the same geographic area. The area code overlay which is in use in Fort Lee, NJ today was established in 2001 at which time area code 551 was created as an overlay of area code 201.
Area code 201 originally covered the entire state of New Jersey, including Fort Lee, New Jersey when it was established in 1947. Ten digit dialing (area code + seven digit number) is necessary in Fort Lee
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.
Today, in addition to Fort Lee, NJ, area codes 201 and
551 serve the larger communities of Bayonne, Bergenfield, Cliffside Park, Englewood, Fair Lawn, Hackensack, Hoboken, Jersey City, Kearny, North Bergen, Paramus, Ridgewood, Teaneck, Union City and West New
York, NJ in addition to many smaller communities. |
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New Jersey
Area Codes |
201, 551, 609, 732, 848, 856, 862, 908, 973 |
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