Phone Directories

and the exchanges they served

Los Angeles Extended Area

circa 1960

Central

• Los Angeles (P)
  1. MAdison
  2. NOrmandy
  3. CLinton
  4. CApitol
  5. ANgelus
  6. LOrain; LUdlow
  7. RIchmond
  8. ADams
  9. PLeasant; PLymouth
  10. DUnkirk
  11. REpublic
  12. AXminster
  13. WEbster
  14. HOllywood

Western

• Beverly Hills (P) [CRestview]
• Culver City (P) [VErmont 836-9]
• West LA (G) [GRanite 47x]
• Santa Monica (G)
  • Mar Vista [EXmont 391, 7, 8]
    • Mar Vista
    • Del Rey
  • Santa Monica [EXbrook 392-6, 9; GLadstone 451, 4, 5]
    • Santa Monica
    • Ocean Park
    • Pacific Palisades
    • Topanga Canyon
• Malibu (G)
  • Malibu [GLobe 456]
  • Zuma [Glenwood 457]

Southern

• AIRPORT (P)
  • Inglewood
    • Inglewood
    • Westchester
  • Hawthorne
  • El Segundo
• SOUTH BAY (G)
  • Redondo [FRontier]
• SOUTH BAY (P)
  • Compton
    • Compton
      • Compton & Lynwood
      • Paramount
    • Gardena
  • Torrance
  • Lomita
  • San Pedro [TErminal]
    • San Pedro
    • Wilmington
• LONG BEACH (G)
  • Long Beach
    • Downtown & Uptown & North Long Beach
    • Lakewood & Northeast LB
    • Alamitos (Los Alamitos & East LB & Sunset Beach)
• MID CITIES (G)
  • Downey
    • Downey
    • Norwalk & Bellflower & Artesia-Cerritos

Northwestern

• Glendale (P) [CItrus 240-4, 6]
• Burbank (P)
  • Burbank [THornwall 840-3, 5-8
  • Sun Valley [ROgers 767, 8]
• La Crescenta (P) [CHurchill 248, 9]
• North Hollywood (P) [POplar 761]
• Van Nuys (P) [STate 78x]
• Reseda (P) [DIckens 342-5, 9]
• Canoga Park (P) [DIamond 340, 1, 6-8]
• Agoura (P)
• San Fernando (G) [EMpire]
• Sunland-Tujunga (G) [FLorida 352, 3]

Northeastern

• Pasadena (P)
  • Pasadena [SYcamore 791-9]
  • La Canada [SYlvan 790]
• Mount Wilson [HIlltop 440]
• Sierra Madre (G) [ELgin 355-6]
• Monrovia (G) [ELliot 357-9]
• Arcadia (P) [HIllcrest 446-7]
• El Monte (P) [GIlbert 443-4, 8]
• Alhambra (Alh. & San Gabriel & Monterey Park) (P) [ATlantic 280-2,4-9]
• Covina (G) [EDgewood 33x]
  • Covina & Baldwin Park
  • La Puente
  • Azusa & Glendora
• San Gabriel Canyon [operator]
• Montebello (P) [RAymond 721-2,4-8]
• Whittier (G) [WHitney 94x]
  • Pico Rivera [OXford 692, 5, 9]
  • Whittier [OXbow 693, 6, 8]
  • La Habra [OWen 690, 1, 4, 7]

Offshore

• Avalon (P) [operator]

List of prefixes