<P> Area code 732 was created on June 1, 1997, as the result of a split in New Jersey area code 908, and became mandatory on December 6 of that year . The area includes Middlesex, Somerset, and Union counties in Central Jersey, and Monmouth and northern Ocean counties on the Jersey Shore . </P> <P> Area code 848 is an overlay code for this region that was created in 2001 as the pool of 732 numbers began to diminish drastically . </P> <P> The 732 / 848 and 908 area codes generally define the Central Jersey region while 609 / 856 and 973 / 201 generally mark South Jersey and North Jersey, respectively . </P>

Where is the telephone area code 848 located