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Township of Roxboro, NJ is currently assigned two area codes 862 and 973. Township of Roxboro, 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 Township of Roxboro, 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 Township of Roxboro, 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 Township of Roxboro, area codes 862 and 973 serve the larger
communities of Belleville, Bloomfield, Clifton, East Orange, Franklin, Garfield, Hillside, Irvington, Kearny, Livingston, Lodi, Maplewood, Montclair, Morristown, Newark, Nutley, Orange, Parsippany, Passaic,
Paterson, Randolph, Wayne, West Milford and West Orange, in addition to many smaller communities in northern New Jersey. |
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