Area coe 732 was created on June 1, 1997, as the result of a split in New Jersey area code 908, and became mandatory on December 6th of that year. The area code mostly covers the Jersey Shore region of New Jersey, with a small area of North/Central Jersey covered along with some coverage in South Jersey, particularly in Ocean County. Area code 848 is an overlay code for this region that was created as the pool of 732 numbers began to diminish drastically.