Ma Bell's Officially Recommended Exchange Names
The following is a list of recommended names for dialable/quotable telephone EXchange names. It comes from AT&T/Bell's publication "Notes on Nationwide Dialing, 1955". Many cities with EXchange names had for decades been using names which are not from this list, and they were not necessarily required to change the names. These names were supposed to have been chosen such that pronouncing the name should easily identify the first two significant dialable letters of the word, as well as quoting the two letters themselves wasn't supposed to be confused with other 'like-sounding' letters which were associated with different numbers on the dial. Since this list was Ma Bell's official recommendation, it covered the entire Bell system. If you do not have a historically accurate exchange name to use for your current telephone number, you should choose one from this list.
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| ACademy
BAldwin CApital CAstle |
ADams
BElmont BEverly CEdar CEnter CEntral |
CHapel
CHerry CHestnut CHurchill CIrcle |
ALpine
BLackburn CLearbrook CLearwater CLifford CLinton |
AMherst
ANdrew COlfax COlony COngress |
BRidge
BRoad(way) BRown(ing) CRestview CRestwood |
ATlantic
ATlas ATwater ATwood AVenue BUtler |
AXminster
AXtel CYpress |
| 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 |
| DAvenport
DAvis EAst(gate) FAculty FAirfax FAirview |
DEerfield
DEwey EDgewater EDgewood EDison FEderal |
DIamond
DIckens FIeldbrook FIeldstone FIllmore FIrestone |
ELgin
ELliot ELmwood FLanders FLeetwood |
EMerson
EMpire ENdicott FOrest FOxcroft |
DRake
DRexel ESsex FRanklin FRontier |
DUdley
DUnkirk DUpont EVergreen FUlton |
EXbrook
EXeter EXport EXpress |
| 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 |
| GArden
GArfield HAmilton HArrison HAzel |
GEneral
GEneva HEmlock HEmpstead IDlewood |
GIbson
GIlbert HIckman HIckory HIllcrest HIlltop |
GLadstone
GLencourt GLendale GLenview GLobe |
HObart
HOmestead HOpkins HOward INgersoll |
GRanite
GReenwood GReenfield GReenleaf GRover GRidley |
HUbbard
HUdson HUnter HUntley HUxley IVanhoe |
GYpsy
HYacinth HYatt |
| 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 |
| JAckson
LAfayette LAkeside LAkeview LAmbert LAwrence |
JEfferson
KEllogg KEystone LEhigh LEnox |
KImball
KIngsdale KIngswood LIberty LIncoln LInden |
(In 1955, this
was reserved for radio telephone numbers) |
JOhn
JOrdan LOcust LOgan LOwell |
(In 1955, this
was reserved for radio telephone numbers) |
JUniper
JUno JUstice LUdlow LUther |
LYceum
LYndhurst LYnwood LYric |
| 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 |
| MAdison
MAin MArket MAyfair NAtional |
MEdford
MElrose MErcury NEptune NEwton NEwtown |
MIdway
MIlton MIssion MItchell NIagara |
OLdfield
OLive OLiver OLympia OLympic |
MOhawk
MOntrose MOrris NOrmandy NOrth(field) |
ORange
ORchard ORiole ORleans OSborne |
MUrdock
MUrray MUseum MUtual OVerbrook OVerland |
MYrtle
OWen OXbow OXford |
| 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 |
| PAlace
PArk(view) PArk(way) RAndolph RAymond SAratoga |
PErshing
REd(field) REd(wood) REgent REpublic |
PIlgrim
PIoneer RIver(side) RIver(view) SHadyside SHerwood |
PLateau
PLaza PLeasant PLymouth SKyline |
POplar
POrter ROckwell ROger(s) SOuth(field) |
PRescott
PResident PRospect SPring SPruce |
STate
STerling STillwell STory SUnset |
PYramid
SWathmore SWift SWinburne SYcamore |
| 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 |
| TAlbot
TAlmadge TAylor VAlley VAndyke |
TEmple
TEnnyson TErminal TErrace VErnon |
THornwell
TIlden VIctor(ia) VIking VInewood |
ULrick
ULster ULysses |
TOwnsend
UNderhill UNion UNiversity VOlunteer |
TRemont
TRiangle TRinity TRojan UPtown |
TUcker
TUlip TUrner TUxedo |
TWilight
TWinbrook TWinoaks TWining |
| 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 |
| WAbash
WAlker WAlnut WArwick WAverly |
WEbster
WElls WEllington WEst(more) YEllowstone |
WHitehall
WHitney WIlliam(s) WIlson WIndsor |
(In 1955, this
was reserved for radio telephone numbers) |
WOodland
WOodlawn WOodward WOrth YOrktown |
(In 1955, this
was reserved for radio telephone numbers) |
YUkon | WYandotte
WYndown WYman |