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Area Code 785
Telephone Central Office
Building Pictures
The following are representative examples of telephone central office buildings in Area Code 785 (northern Kansas).
Click on the pictures below for a larger version.
Abilene
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
ABLNKSCDDS0Switch Type:
Ericsson AXE 10Prefixes Served:
(785) 200, 263Notes:
Source: GSV
Assaria
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
Home CommunicationsCLLI:
ASSRKSXAGT0Switch Type:
Metaswitch MG2510Prefixes Served:
(785) 254, 333, 450, 667-8Notes:
Serves multiple ratecenters. Source: GSV
Bennington
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
Twin Valley CommunicationsCLLI:
BGTNKSXADS1Switch Type:
Tekelec IX7000Prefixes Served:
(785) 388, 488Notes:
Source: GSV
Colby
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
CLBYKS05DS0Switch Type:
Ericsson AXE 10Prefixes Served:
(785) 462, 465Notes:
Source: GSV
Concordia
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
CNCRKSBRDS0Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100/200Prefixes Served:
(785) 243, 262, 275Notes:
Source: GSV
Corning
Listing Updated:
September 2025Operating Company:
JBN Telephone CompanyCLLI:
(none)Switch Type:
(C1500 Remote Node)Prefixes Served:
(785) 868Notes:
This was originally an ITEC EMS-1 remote, but is now a C1500 remote node out of the Wetmore central office. Current photo: GSV. Photos 2-4: April 2006.
Cuba
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
JBN Telephone CompanyCLLI:
CUBAKSXADS1Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel CS1500Prefixes Served:
(402) 247
(785) 245, 265, 358, 729, 732-3, 778, 987Notes:
Serves multiple ratecenters. Source: GSV
Everest
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
Rainbow CommunicationsCLLI:
EVRSKSXADS1Switch Type:
Metaswitch VP2510Prefixes Served:
(785) 359, 544, 547-8, 847, 872-3, 988Notes:
Serves multiple ratecenters. Source: GSV
Garnett
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
Brightspeed/Centurylink/Embarq/Sprint/United TelephoneCLLI:
GRNTKSXADS0Switch Type:
Nokia/Siemens/Stromberg-Carlson DCOPrefixes Served:
(785) 204, 448Notes:
Source: GSV
Glen Elder
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
Cunningham Telephone & CableCLLI:
GLELKSXADS1Switch Type:
Metaswitch VP2510Prefixes Served:
(785) 439, 545, 593, 739, 781, 794Notes:
Serves multiple ratecenters. Source: GSV
Gorham
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
Gorham Telephone CompanyCLLI:
GRHMKSXADS0Switch Type:
Mitel GX5000Prefixes Served:
(785) 637, 698, 942, 998Notes:
Serves multiple ratecenters. Source: GSV
Havensville
Listing Updated:
August 2025Operating Company:
JBN Telephone CompanyCLLI:
(none)Switch Type:
(C1500 Remote Node)Prefixes Served:
(785) 948Notes:
This was originally an ITEC EMS-1 remote, but is now a remote C1500 node out of the Wetmore central office. Current photo: GSV. Photo 2: April 2006.
Hays
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
HAYSKS11DS0Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100/200Prefixes Served:
(785) 623-5, 628, 650Notes:
Source: GSV
Hiawatha
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
Brightspeed/Centurylink/Embarq/Sprint/United TelephoneCLLI:
HWTHKSXADS0Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100Prefixes Served:
(785) 742Notes:
Source: GSV
Holton
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
Brightspeed/Centurylink/Embarq/Sprint/United TelephoneCLLI:
HLTNKSXARS0Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel RSSPrefixes Served:
(785) 305, 364Notes:
Source: GSV
Home
Listing Updated:
August 2024Operating Company:
Blue Valley TelecommunicationsCLLI:
HOMEKSXAGT0Switch Type:
Metaswitch VP3510Prefixes Served:
(402) 248(785) 244, 348, 353, 382, 396, 457, 692, 736, 744, 799, 857, 889
Notes:
The headquarters of Blue Valley Communications, which covers quite a bit of territory in north- eastern Kansas and even into southern Nebraska. This switch serves a number of communities. The site is also home to a Verizon cell tower and switch. This used to house an EWSD switch, but is now a Metaswitch softswitch. The current photo and Photo 2 are from GSV. Photos 3-8 are from April 2006.
Hope
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
Tri-County Telephone AssociationCLLI:
HOPEKSXAGT0Switch Type:
Metaswitch MG3510Prefixes Served:
(785) 257, 349, 366, 466, 479, 482, 497, 598, 949, 965, 983Notes:
Serves multiple ratecenters. Source: GSV
Junction City
"XA"
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
Brightspeed/Centurylink/Embarq/Sprint/United TelephoneCLLI:
JNCYKSXADS0Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100Prefixes Served:
(785) 210, 223, 238-40, 761-2Notes:
Source: GSV
Lawrence
Listing Updated:
November 2024Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
LWRNKSVEDS0Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent 5ESSPrefixes Served:
(785) 312, 330-1, 505, 691, 748-9, 812-3, 830, 832, 830, 840-3, 864-5Notes:
This central office originally had two 5XB switches. A 2BESS was installed in the late 1970s or early 1980s as a temporary measure to make room for a 1AESS. There was not enough room in the building to accommodate a 1AESS without adding to the building, which was not an option, but there was room for a 2ESS. One 5XB served 841 and the other served 748, 842 and 843. The 2B ESS was installed so the smaller 5XB could be dismantled to provide space for a 1AESS. When 841 moved to the 2BESS, Southwestern Bell also moved 864 to the 2BESS from the 5XB on the university campus for the KU Centrex. The massive aesthetic radio tower was dictated by the city of Lawrence in the 1986 time frame to allow the addition of space diversity antennae for the DR6-135 digital radio, $1M worth of brick, mortar and I-beams. Today, as you can see, at&t has allowed the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce move into a part of the structure. Also serves Clinton rate center (785-748). Building name is "Vermont" after the street name that it resides on. Current photo: GSV. Photos 2-5: August 2010.
Manhattan
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
DS0: MNHTKSFADS0
RS0: MNHTKSFARS0Switch Type:
DS0: Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100
RS0: Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent 5ESS RemotePrefixes Served:
DS0: (785) 323, 395, 532, 537, 539, 564-5, 587, 706, 770, 776
RS0: (785) 340Notes:
Kansas State University is located here. The school has an intense rivalry with Kansas University in Lawrence and it carries over to the residents. This building blends in very nicely with the residential area which it is placed. It is hard to find because it is not in the middle of the business district. This appears to be a new building, as this town has had dial service (step by step) dating back to at least the 1940s. Building name is "Fairchild" after the street name that it resides on. Current photo is from GSV. Photo 2 is from August 2010.
Marysville
Listing Updated:
June 2023Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
MYVIKSELRS0Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel RSCPrefixes Served:
(785) 562, 629Notes:
SWBT was stuck when it came to putting an automated switch in this city. They had to build a new central office for it and the closest location was a couple of blocks away. The old CO is now owned by a local newspaper. Marysville was the first station west of St. Joseph for the pony express. Building name is "Elm" after the street name that it resides on. Current photo: GSV. Photo 2: August 2010.
Miltonvale
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
Twin Valley CommunicationsCLLI:
MLVAKSXADS1Switch Type:
Tekelec IX7000Prefixes Served:
(785) 427, 446, 455, 463-4, 747, 926Notes:
Serves multiple ratecenters. Source: GSV
Onaga
Listing Updated:
August 2025Operating Company:
Blue Valley Telecommunications/Sprint/United TelephoneCLLI:
(none)Switch Type:
(VP3510 remote node)Prefixes Served:
(785) 889Notes:
Prior to 2005, this community was served by Sprint/United Telephone via a Step by Step and later a DMS-100 RSC. Onaga and Westmoreland exchanges were sold to Blue Valley in the late winter/spring of 2005. This is a new building built around 1990 on the same spot as the original Community Dial Office (CDO) step by step when the CO went digital. This now houses a Metaswitch VP3510 remote node. Current photo: GSV. Photos 2-4: April 2006
Ottawa
Listing Updated:
October 2024Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
OTWAKSMADS0Switch Type:
Ericsson AXE10Prefixes Served:
(785) 229, 242Notes:
This is a beautiful little town halfway between KC and Emporia. A tornado took out the top of the chimney a couple of years ago, hence the different color brick. Building name is "Main" after the street name that it resides on. Current photo: GSV. Photos 2 & 3 are from April 2008. Photo 4 is a post card that was for sale on eBay in November 2011 that shows the CO back in the 1950s or 1960s.
Riley
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
Twin Valley CommunicationsCLLI:
RILYKSXADS1Switch Type:
Tekelec IX7000Prefixes Served:
(785) 293, 461, 468, 485, 944Notes:
Source: GSV
Rush Center
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
Golden Belt Telephone AssociationCLLI:
RSCTKSXADS1Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel CS1500Prefixes Served:
(785) 343, 355-6, 372, 387, 391, 394, 398, 481, 514, 726, 731, 798, 848Notes:
Serves multiple ratecenters. Source: GSV
Salina
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
SALNKSTADS1Switch Type:
Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent 5ESSPrefixes Served:
(785) 201, 309, 452, 493, 820, 822-3, 825-7Notes:
Source: GSV
Tescott
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
Twin Valley CommunicationsCLLI:
TSCTKSXADS1Switch Type:
Tekelec IX7000Prefixes Served:
(785) 283, 436, 523, 568, 792Notes:
Serves multiple ratecenters. Source: GSV
Topeka
"Amherst"
Listing Updated:
July 2024Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
TPKAKS37DS0Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100Prefixes Served:
(785) 266, 267, 274, 861-2Notes:
Current photo: GSV. Photo 2: August 2010.
Topeka
"Carbondale"
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
TPKAKSCARS1Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel RSCPrefixes Served:
(785) 836Notes:
Source: GSV
Topeka
"Crestwood"
Listing Updated:
September 2024Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
TPKAKSFADS0Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100Prefixes Served:
(785) 228, 256, 271-3, 438, 478Notes:
It sits in a suburban area of Topeka which is a very nice residential area. Current photo: GSV. Photo 2: August 2010.
Topeka
"Jackson"
Listing Updated:
April 2024Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
DS0: TPKAKSJADS0
DS1: TPKAKSJADS1
RS2: TPKAKSJARS2Switch Type:
DS0: Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100/200
DS1: Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100
RS2: Nokia/Alcatel/Lucent 5ESS ORMPrefixes Served:
DS0: (785) 291, 296-7, 368, 430-1, 435, 559-60, 575, 580, 670, 676, 730
DS1: (785) 231-5, 270, 276, 295, 354, 357, 379, 506, 724
RS2: (785) 350Notes:
The downtown office and regional tandem for the Topeka area. The DS0 switch also serves one prefix out of Manhattan (785-560). Current photo: GSV. Photo 2: August 2010.
Topeka
"North"
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
at&t/SBC/Southwestern BellCLLI:
TPKAKSNODS0Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel DMS-100Prefixes Served:
(785) 246, 286Notes:
Source: GSV
Victoria
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
Nex-Tech/Rural Telephone Service Co.CLLI:
VCTAKSXAGT1Switch Type:
Metaswitch VP3510Prefixes Served:
(785) xNotes:
Serves multiple ratecenters in Nebraska and Kansas. Source: GSV
Westmoreland
Listing Updated:
August 2025Operating Company:
Blue Valley Telecommunications/Sprint/United TelephoneCLLI:
(none)Switch Type:
(VP3510 Remote Node)Prefixes Served:
(785) 457Notes:
Prior to 2005, this community was served by Sprint/United Telephone. Onaga and Westmoreland exchanges were sold to Blue Valley in the late winter/spring of 2005. This is a VP3510 remote node off of Home, KS. Current photo: GSV. Photo 2: April 2006.
Wetmore
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
JBN Telephone CompanyCLLI:
WTMRKSXADS1Switch Type:
Ribbon/Genband/Nortel CS1500Prefixes Served:
(785) 467, 834, 866, 868, 933, 939, 948Notes:
Serves multiple ratecenters. Source: GSV
Wheaton
Listing Updated:
August 2025Operating Company:
Blue Valley TelecommunicationsCLLI:
(None)Switch Type:
(VP3510 remote node)Prefixes Served:
(785) 396Notes:
This is a VP3510 remote node off of Home, KS. Current photo: GSV. Photo 2: April 2006.
Wilson
Listing Updated:
March 2021Operating Company:
Wilson CommunicationsCLLI:
WLSNKSXADS1Switch Type:
Metaswitch VP3510Prefixes Served:
(785) 225, 277, 373, 525-6, 529, 658Notes:
Serves multiple ratecenters. Source: GSV
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