The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia is owned by Frontier Communications.

[2] C&P relaxed its rule against the hiring of African-Americans for white collar jobs in January 1943 due to labor shortages during World War II, but telephone operator positions remained racially segregated until the hiring of Hermie Graham for a position at a C&P office in Govans in 1974.

This was because the central office serving those exchanges was located in West Virginia and was included in the sale of assets to Frontier Communications.

After AT&T's 1969 corporate identity overhaul, which included the famous Saul Bass Bell logo, all four companies' names were shortened to C&P Telephone on marketing materials, bills, vehicles, etc.

The C&P companies were renamed: In 2010, Verizon left the West Virginia wireline market entirely, selling Verizon West Virginia to Frontier Communications as part of a major sale of assets.