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Area code map for Wisconsin. The U.S. state of Wisconsin is serviced in five distinct numbering plan areas (NPAs) with the following area codes of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP). Area codes 414 and 715 were among the original North American area codes assigned in 1947.
Telephone numbers in area code 678 were first assigned to customers signing up for new telephone service on January 15, 1998. On September 2, 2001, area code 470, was added to the 678 overlay area of area codes 404 and 770. [1] Telephone numbers from the NPA were assigned after exhaustion of area code 678.
Kimball is a town in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 540 at the 2000 census. The population was 540 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Kimball and Orva are located in the town.
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A post office called Kimball was established in 1889, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1942. [2] The community was named for Alanson M. Kimball , member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 6th district.
Kimberly was originally known as The Cedars (after the Treaty of the Cedars) [6] and later as Smithfield. [7] In 1889 it was renamed after John A. Kimberly (1838–1928), one of the co-founders of what is now the Kimberly-Clark Corporation, when the company opened a paper mill in the community.
Kimball International, former manufacturer of pianos and organs; currently a manufacturer of furniture and industrial electronics Kimball Medical Center , a hospital in Lakewood Township, New Jersey Kimball tag , a form of stock control label, often attached to items via a plastic toggle, using a "Kimball gun"
When it changed to 10 digit dialing people started having to remember area codes all the time. When 770 came out people started writing 7/ as short hand for the area code, so when 678 was introduced it was treated the same way with a 6/. Atlanta had 10 digit dialing before the rest of the country so it's probably not common in most other areas.