1913 List of Telcos operating in Massachusetts

[Sargeguy]

I came across this list of telcos operating in Massachusetts in 1913.  It gives a good idea of how the telephone spread throughout small communities before New England Telephone consolidated them into the Bell System:

Telephone and telegraph companies "

New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Automatic Telephone Company of New Bedford
Beechmont Independent Telephone Company
Bernardston and Gill Telephone Company
Bolton Telephone Company
Cape Cod Telephone Company
Chelmsford Telephone Company
Columbia and Rensselaer Telephone and Telegraph Company
Commercial Cable Company
Commercial Union Telegraph Company of Massachusetts
Crescent Telephone Company
Fall River Automatic Telephone Company
Farmers Mutual Telephone Company of Bristol County
Granby Telephone and Telegraph Company
Heath Local Telephone Company
Heath Telephone Company
Highland Telephone Company
Littleton Telephone Association
Marthas Vineyard Telegraph Company
Massachusetts Telephone and Telegraph Company
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company of Massachusetts
Northfield Farms Telephone Company
North Orange Telephone Company
Oakham and Coldbrook Springs Telephone Company
Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of Massachusetts
Providence Telephone Company of Massachusetts
Richmond Telephone Company
Rowley Telephone Company
Southern Massachusetts Telephone Company
State Line Co-operative Telephone Company No. 7
State Line Telephone Company
Taghconic Telephone Company
Telepost Company of Massachusetts
Wendell Telephone Line
West Stockbridge Mutual Telephone Company

Massachusetts is a small state, I can only imagine the diversity of tiny telcos in larger states!