On This Day in Telephone History July 5TH 1873

On This Day in Telephone History July 5TH 1873 the state of Ohio granted a charter for the incorporation of the City and Suburban Telegraph Association. The immediate forerunner of the Cincinnati and Suburban Telephone Company, would eventually become Cincinnati Bell. Name changed to City and Suburban Telegraph Association and Telephonic Exchange in 1878 then name changed to Cincinnati and Suburban Bell Telephone in 1903 and then name changed to Cincinnati Bell Inc. in 1971.