Old Telephone Exchange Names - Los Angeles County

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Old Telephone Exchange Names
Los Angeles County

In 1958, due to increased consumer demand for individual telephone numbers, the telephone company began phasing out old exchange names for all numeric telephone numbers or "All Number Calling" (pretty much gone by 1963). These old exchange names are remembered in Glenn Miller’s song PEnnsylvania 6-5000, and Elizabeth Taylor’s movie BUtterfield-8. Below is a list of numbers for Los Angeles County gleaned from exchange names collected by the Telephone EXchange Name Project and submissions offered by visitors to the Los Angeles Almanac. The list is not exhaustive. We will add new exchanges when we come across them (or you tell us about them).

City	Exchange Letters	Exchange Name	Number
Bellflower	ME	MEtcalf	63
Bellflower	TO	Torrey	86
Beverly Hills	BR	BRadshaw	27
Beverly Hills and/or Los Angeles	CR	CRestview	27
Beverly Hills / Los Angeles	CR	CRestwood	27
Beverly Hills / Los Angeles	OL	OLeander	65
Burbank	TH	THornton or THorndike	84
Burbank	TH	THorndike or THornton	84
Burbank / Los Angeles	TH	THornwall	84
Burbank	TH2	THornwall	842
Burbank	VI0	VIctoria	849
Canoga Park / Woodland Hills	DI	DIamond	34
Compton / Gardena / Los Angeles	DA	DAvis	32
Compton	ME	MEtcalf	63
Culver City / Los Angeles	VE	VErmont	83
Eagle Rock	AL	ALbany	25
City	Exchange Letters	Exchange Name	Number
East Los Angeles	AN	ANgelus	26
El Monte	GI	GIlbert	44
El Segundo / Los Angeles	EA	EAstgate	32
Gardena / Compton / Los Angeles	DA	DAvis	32
Gardena / Los Angeles	FA	FAculty	32
Glendale	CI2	CIitrus	24
Hollywood	HO	HOllywood	46
Hollywood	MA	MAdison	62
Huntington Park	MA	MAdison	62
Huntington Park / Los Angeles	LU	LUdlow	58
Inglewood	OS	OSborne	67
Inglewood / Westchester	OR	ORchard	67
La Puente	ED	EDison	33
La Puente	ED	EFgewood	33
Lancaster	WH	WHitehall	94
Lomita	DA	DAkota	32
Lomita / Los Angeles	DA	DAvenport	32
City	Exchange Letters	Exchange Name	Number
Long Beach	GA	GArfield	42
Long Beach	NE	NEwmark	63
Los Angeles	CA	CApitol	22
Los Angeles	AD	ADams	23
Los Angeles	CL	CLeveland	25
Los Angeles (Downtown)	CL	CLinton	25
Los Angeles / Beverly Hills	CR	CRestwood	27
Los Angeles and/or Beverly Hills	CR	CRestview	27
Los Angeles	BR	BRadshaw	27
Los Angeles (South LA, Crenshaw, Leimert Park)	AX	AXminister	29
Los Angeles / Lomita	DA	DAvenport	32
Los Angeles / Compton / Gardena	DA	DAvis	32
Los Angeles / El Segundo	EA	EAstgate	32
Los Angeles / Gardena	FA	FAculty	32
Los Angeles	DU	DUnkirk	38
Los Angeles	EX	EXbrook	39
City	Exchange Letters	Exchange Name	Number
Los Angeles	EX	EXMONT	39
Los Angeles	GL	GLadstone	45
Los Angeles	HO	HOllywood	46
Los Angeles / Westwood Area	GR	GRanite	47
Los Angeles	HU	HUbbard	48
Los Angeles	LO	LOrain	56
Los Angeles / Huntington Park	LU	LUdlow	58
Los Angeles	MA	MAdison	62
Los Angeles / Wilmington	NE	NEvada	63
Los Angeles	NE	NEwmark	63
Los Angeles / Beverly Hills	OL	OLeander	65
Los Angeles	NO	NOrmandy	66
Los Angeles / Westchester / Inglewood	OR	ORchard	--
Los Angeles	RA	RAymond	72
Los Angeles (Adams District)	RE	REpublic	73
Los Angeles	RI	RIchmond	74
City	Exchange Letters	Exchange Name	Number
Los Angeles	PL	PLeasant	75
Los Angeles / North Hollywood	PO	POpular	76
Los Angeles / Van Nuys / Sherman Oaks	ST	STate	78
Los Angeles / North Hollywood	ST	STtanley	78
Los Angeles / North Hollywood	SU	SUnset	78
Los Angeles	UC?	UCLA?	82
Los Angeles (San Pedro & parts of Terminal Island)	TE	TErminal	83
Los Angeles / Culver City	VE	VErmont	83
Los Angeles / Burbank	TH	THornwall	84
Los Angeles	WE	WEbster	93
Los Angeles	RI	RIchmond 9	749
Montebello	PA	PArkview	72?
Mount Wilson	HI	HIghland	44
North Hollywood / Los Angeles	PO	POplar	76
North Hollywood / Los Angeles	ST	STtanley	78
North Hollywood / Los Angeles	SU	SUnset	78
Northridge	NI	unknown name	34
City	Exchange Letters	Exchange Name	Number
Norwalk	UN	UNion	86
Pacific Palisades	GL	GLadstone	45
Pasadena	SY	SYcamore	79
Pico Rivera	OX	OXford	69
Redondo Beach	FR	Frontier	37
Reseda	DI	DIckens	34
Rosemead	AT	ATlantic	28
San Dimas	LY	LYcoming	59
San Fernando / Granada Hills / Los Angeles	EM	EMpire	36
San Pedro & parts of Terminal Island	TE	TErminal	83
Sherman Oaks / Los Angeles / Van Nuys	ST	STate	78
Torrance	DA	DAvis	32
Torrance	FR	FRontier	37
Van Nuys / Los Angeles / Sherman Oaks	ST	STate	78
West Covina	ED	EDgewood	33
Westchester / Inglewood	OR	ORchard	67
City	Exchange Letters	Exchange Name	Number
Westwood	CL	CLearbrook	25
Whittier	OW	OWen	69
Whittier	OX	OXbow	69
Wilmington / Los Angeles	NE	NEvada	63

Source: Telephone EXchange Name Project

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