CenturyTel of the Gem State CenturyTel of the Gem State CenturyTel of the Gem State, Inc. is a telephone operating company providing local telephone services in Idaho and northern Nevada owned by CenturyLink. The company was established in 1901 as the Gem State Utilities Corporation. The company was acquired by Telephone Utilities in 1966 as the first company TU would acquire to expand its footprint. The state of Nevada approved the company's request to provide telephone service in the state in 1973. The company became CenturyTel of the Gem State, Inc. in 1998. The company was part of Pacific Telecom until 1997, when it was
Virginia State Route 242 and a residential community at the southeastern tip of Mason Neck, Hallowing Point. Virginia State Route 242 State Route 242 (SR 242) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Gunston Road, the state highway runs from U.S. Route 1 (US 1) near Lorton east to SR 600 at the entrance to Gunston Hall, the plantation of George Mason, on Mason Neck in southeastern Fairfax County. SR 242 begins at an intersection with US 1 (Richmond Highway) near Lorton. The west leg of the intersection is SR 600 (Gunston Cove Road), which heads north through