About Nunn Telephone Company
Over Seventy Years of Telecommunications Service
Our History
Like many rural telephone companies, Nunn Telephone Company’s history dates back to the early 20th century. The minutes of the Nunn Town Board meeting on June 20, 1911 state, S.E. Hobart was granted a franchise to build a telephone system.
Back in the early days of Nunn Telephone Company, some of the biggest challenges were building a system that would support reliable telecommunications. Groups of residents were responsible for maintaining their own rural lines. Gaining long-term financing to rebuild a system was very difficult, if not impossible, to attain.
Until the Rural Electrification Program (REA) became a reality and the agency branched out to include telephone services in the late 1940’s, rural telephone companies made due with what resources they had available.

The 1948 residence of Frank Mann, which housed the original magneto phone system.