Some hipsters might call Seattle “The 206” – and Pat Cashman made that numerical name famous with his comedy sketch show – but there was a time before area codes when reaching out to touch someone meant dialing – on an actual dial – a lot fewer numbers.
And then a lot more numbers.
It was 25 years ago next month when the 425 area code was introduced for the Eastside, and 253 was introduced for Pierce County and environs (360 came to Western Washington in 1995). All of those areas had been part of “The 206” before that, but the phone company was running out of phone numbers –
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