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