RIP Ozzie Osband Originator of 3-2-1 area code in Titusville passed away at 72

[Hill Haven Telephone Company]

 Sad day

RIP
https://talkoftitusville.com/2023/08/06/ozzie-osband-originator-of-3-2-1-telephone-area-code-and-rocket-hobo-passes-away-at-72/

[Kellogg Kitt]

Other Florida area codes with hidden meanings:
786 = SUN
352 = FLA
386 = FUN

Are there any other area codes that have been selected for local significance or to spell out certain letters?

Here is the Atlanta area, I thought a good selection for our next area code would have been 285, because it has a dual meaning.  It spells ATL (Atlanta) on the dial, and it is the same number as Interstate 285, the freeway that encircles the city.  But nobody asked my opinion; they chose 943 instead.

 

[compubit]

I always thought the Philly area should have gotten 776 - so when dialing "1+", your start the call with 1776 (coming from a member who remembers the bicentennial celebration and had a notebook cover made from the 1974-75 Newport News phone book cover (The Spirit of '76 painting, IIRC) sent by my aunt.)

[Kellogg Kitt]

Philly area should have gotten 776 - so when dialing "1+", your start the call with 1776

I like that idea!