@peemee We're about to get an overlay area code (820) for new phones/devices in addition to the existing 805 area code. The 805 area code was split from the 213 (Los Angeles) area code back in the 1950s. About twenty years ago, they split the 805 and created the 661 area code in the eastern part of the area.
Oddly, because of the presence of the Pacific Missile Test Center in Ventura County, we share the 805 area code with US military facilities in the Marshall Islands.
Before we had all-numeric direct long distance dialing (i.e., before my time), my parents' number began with HUdson 5.
// @matigo @phoneboy