DU'ers, did your first phone number have a word in it?

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171. Here's the Wikipedia page regarding Telephone exchange names:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_exchange_names

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_exchange_names#Standardization

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Standardization

Mapping of letters to dialed digits in the 1950s

dialed - digit / letters
1
2 A B C
3 D E F
4 G H I
5 J K L
6 M N O
7 P R S
8 T U V
9 W X Y
0 Z

In 1955, AT&T distributed a list of recommended exchange names that were the result of studies to minimize misunderstandings when spoken.[4][5] The recommendation was intended for newly established exchanges, and did not mandate any renaming of existing historical names. The number sequences 55x, 57x, 95x, and 97x had no exchange names specified, as the mappings for the digits 5, 7, and 9 had no vowels, thus making it difficult finding names with those consonant combinations. As a result, those numbers were very seldom assigned to exchanges (KLondike was used for 55x in San Francisco and Columbus, OH, and WRigley for 97x, specifically WRigley 5 for 975, in Chicago). On the telephone dial, letters were mapped to digits using the assignments in the table.

The recommended list of exchange names was:
22x: ACademy, BAldwin, CApital, CAstle
23x: ADams, BElmont, BEverly, CEdar, CEnter, CEntral
24x: CHapel, CHerry, CHestnut, CHurchill, CIrcle
25x: ALpine, BLackburn, CLearbrook, CLearwater, CLifford, CLinton
26x: AMherst, ANdrew, COlfax, COlony, COngress
27x: BRidge, BRoad(way), BRown(ing), CRestview, CRestwood
28x: ATlantic, ATlas, ATwater, ATwood, AVenue, BUtler
29x: AXminster, AXtel, CYpress
32x: DAvenport, DAvis, EAst(gate), FAculty, FAirfax, FAirview
33x: DEerfield, DEwey, EDgewater, EDgewood, EDison, FEderal
34x: DIamond, DIckens, FIeldbrook, FIeldstone, FIllmore, FIrestone
35x: ELgin, ELliot, ELmwood, FLanders, FLeetwood
36x: EMerson, EMpire, ENdicott, FOrest, FOxcroft
37x: DRake, DRexel, ESsex, FRanklin, FRontier
38x: DUdley, DUnkirk, DUpont, EVergreen, FUlton
39x: EXbrook, EXeter, EXport, EXpress
42x: GArden, GArfield, HAmilton, HArrison, HAzel
43x: GEneral, GEneva, HEmlock, HEmpstead, IDlewood
44x: GIbson, GIlbert, HIckman, HIckory, HIllcrest, HIlltop
45x: GLadstone, GLencourt, GLendale, GLenview, GLobe
46x: HObart, HOmestead, HOpkins, HOward, INgersoll
47x: GRanite, GReenfield, GReenleaf, GReenwood, GRidley, GRover
48x: HUbbard, HUdson, HUnter, HUntley, HUxley, IVanhoe
49x: GYpsy, HYacinth, HYatt
52x: JAckson, LAfayette, LAkeside, LAkeview, LAmbert, LAwrence
53x: JEfferson, KEllogg, KEystone, LEhigh, LEnox
54x: KImball, KIngsdale, KIngswood, LIberty, LIncoln, LInden
56x: JOhn, JOrdan, LOcust, LOgan, LOwell
58x: JUniper, JUno, JUstice, LUdlow, LUther
59x: LYceum, LYndhurst, LYnwood, LYric
62x: MAdison, MAin, MArket, MAyfair, NAtional
63x: MEdford, MElrose, MErcury, NEptune, NEwton, NEwtown
64x: MIdway, MIlton, MIssion, MItchell, NIagara
65x: OLdfield, OLive, OLiver, OLympia, OLympic
66x: MOhawk, MOntrose, MOrris, NOrmandy, NOrth(field)
67x: ORange, ORchard, ORiole, ORleans, OSborne
68x: MUrdock, MUrray, MUseum, MUtual, OVerbrook, OVerland
69x: MYrtle, OWen, OXbow, OXford
72x: PAlace, PArk(view), PArk(way), RAndolph, RAymond, SAratoga
73x: PErshing, REd(field), REd(wood), REgent, REpublic
74x: PIlgrim, PIoneer, RIver(side), RIver(view), SHadyside, SHerwood
75x: PLateau, PLaza, PLeasant, PLymouth, SKyline
76x: POplar, POrter, ROckwell, ROger(s), SOuth(field)
77x: PRescott, PResident, PRospect, SPring, SPruce
78x: STate, STerling, STillwell, STory, SUffolk, SUnset,
79x: PYramid, SWathmore, SWift, SWinburne, SYcamore
82x: TAlbot, TAlmadge, TAylor, VAlley, VAndyke
83x: TEmple(ton), TEnnyson, TErminal, TErrace, VErnon
84x: THornwell, TIlden, VIctor(ia), VIking, VInewood
85x: ULrick, ULster, ULysses
86x: TOwnsend, UNderhill, UNion, UNiversity, VOlunteer
87x: TRemont, TRiangle, TRinity, TRojan, UPtown
88x: TUcker, TUlip, TUrner, TUxedo
89x: TWilight, TWinbrook, TWining, TWinoaks
92x: WAbash, WAlker, WAlnut, WArwick, WAverly
93x: WEbster, WEllington, WElls, WEst(more), YEllowstone
94x: WHitehall, WHitney, WIlliam(s), WIlson, WIndsor
96x: WOodland, WOodlawn, WOodward, WOrth, YOrktown
98x: YUkon
99x: WYandotte, WYman, WYndown

Fictitious phone numbers starting with 55 used the fictitious exchange name KLondike (55). The letters Q and Z were never used in the naming system, but Z was often mapped on the telephone dial to the digit 0 (zero).
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