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Kearny, NJ is currently using area code 201. Although at this time Kearny is only utilizing area code 201,
Kearny, NJ is within the boundaries of 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 Kearny, 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 Kearny, New Jersey when it was established in 1947. Ten
digit dialing (area code + seven digit number) is necessary in Kearny 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 Kearny, NJ, area codes 201 and 551 serve the larger communities of Bayonne, Bergenfield, Cliffside Park, Englewood, Fair Lawn, Fort Lee, Hackensack, Hoboken, Jersey City,
North Bergen, Paramus, Ridgewood, Teaneck, Union City and West New York, NJ in addition to many smaller communities. |
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