848 Area Code – Time Zone, Location, History & Counties

Area code 848 is located in the Eastern time zone and covers New Jersey, including Toms River, New Brunswick, Lakewood, and Perth Amboy. Serving as an overlay for area code 732, it was introduced on December 29, 2001, to relieve number exhaustion in the region.

Where is area code 848?

Area code 848 is located in New Jersey and covers Toms River, New Brunswick, Lakewood, and Perth Amboy. It is an overlay for area code 732 and serves the same area.

What time zone is area code 848?

The 848 area code is located in the Eastern timezone (America/New_York).

History

Creation: Area code 848 was put into service on December 29, 2001 and was the 309th area code in service. It was one of 26 area codes introduced in 2001. It was the 7th area code in the state of New Jersey. New Jersey currently has 10 area codes. It was created to relieve the pressure on the 732 area code as the numbers in 732 were being exhausted.

Middle digit: Until 1953, the middle digit was restricted to either a 0 or a 1 where a zero indicated that the area code covered the entire state while a 1 indicated that the area code served only a portion of a state. When the 848 area code was created in 2001, it was the 160th area code without 0 or 1 as the middle digit.

Mnemonics: Prior to 1995, the middle digit of area codes was restricted to a 0 or 1 which do not correspond to a letter on a phone’s dialing pad. So, only area codes created in 1995 or later can have a mnemonic. The mnemonics for area code 848 include TGT, TGU, TGV, THT, THU, THV, TIT, TIU, TIV, UGT, UGU, UGV, UHT, UHU, UHV, UIT, UIU, UIV, VGT, VGU, VGV, VHT, VHU, VHV, VIT, VIU, and VIV. Let us know if one of these mnemonics fits area code 848 so we can feature it.