List of original area codes
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In order to facilitate direct dialing calls, the North American Numbering Plan
North American Numbering Plan
The North American Numbering Plan is an integrated telephone numbering plan administered by Neustar which encompasses 24 countries and territories, including the United States and its territories, Canada, Bermuda, and 16 nations of the Caribbean...

 was created and instituted in 1947 by AT&T
AT&T
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, also known as the Bell System
Bell System
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. These 3 digit numbers were given to all regions throughout the United States
United States
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 and Canada
Canada
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. At first, the codes were used only by long-distance operators; the first customer-dialed calls using area codes did not occur until November 10, 1951, when the first directly dialed call was made from Englewood, New Jersey to Alameda, California. Direct dialing was gradually implemented throughout the continent, and by the mid-1960s, it was commonplace in most larger cities.

Originally there were only 86 codes, with the most prominent and frequently dialed population areas getting the numbers that took the shortest time to dial on rotary telephones. This is why, for example, New York City
New York City
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 was assigned 212, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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 213, Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

 312 and Detroit 313. Additionally, in the original plan a middle digit of zero indicated the area code covered an entire state/province, while area codes with a middle digit of one were assigned to states/provinces that were divided into more than one area code. In the original plan, the middle digit in an area code was always zero or one, so as not to conflict with local telephone exchanges, which were assigned one of the middle digits two through nine.

List of original area codes

  • Area code 201
    Area code 201
    201 is the North American telephone area code for the state of New Jersey covering most of Bergen County, as well as parts of Essex, Hudson and Passaic. It is overlaid with area code 551....

     - New Jersey
    New Jersey
    New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

  • Area code 202
    Area code 202
    Image:Area code 202.svg|right|The area colored red indicates the geographical region of the District of Columbia, served by area code 202poly 0 50 49 54 103 84 111 88 101 107 118 130 143 139 179 140 211 188 238 203 260 240 259 248 248 250 255 262 253 357 1 357 Area codes 571 and 703poly 1 1 0...

     - District of Columbia
  • Area code 203
    Area code 203
    Area code 203 is the North American telephone area code that covers the southwestern part of Connecticut. The area code stretches from its western border, along its southern coast, to beyond the city of New Haven, and ends just south of Hartford. 203 overlays with area code 475...

     - Connecticut
    Connecticut
    Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

  • Area code 204
    Area code 204
    204 is the North American telephone area code for the Canadian province of Manitoba, encompassing the province. 204 is one of the original 86 area codes assigned in 1947 in the contiguous United States and the then-nine-province extent of Canada....

     - Manitoba
    Manitoba
    Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

  • Area code 205
    Area code 205
    205 is the North American telephone area code for central and western Alabama including the cities of Birmingham and Tuscaloosa. Until 1995, this area code served the entire state of Alabama. It then split to form area code 334, and later split again to form area code 256...

     - Alabama
    Alabama
    Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...

  • Area code 206
    Area code 206
    206 is the North American telephone area code in the U.S. state of Washington for Seattle, the islands of Mercer, Bainbridge and Vashon, and portions of metropolitan Seattle from Des Moines to Woodway....

     - Washington
  • Area code 207
    Area code 207
    207 is the North American telephone area code for the state of Maine. It is Maine's sole area code, except for an extension of Quebec province's area code 418. Area code 207 was created as one of the original area codes in 1947. The hamlet of Estcourt Station uses 418, rather than 207.- External...

     - Maine
    Maine
    Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

  • Area code 208
    Area code 208
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     - Idaho
    Idaho
    Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....

  • Area code 212
    Area code 212
    Area code 212 is a New York City telephone area code for the borough of Manhattan. By area, it is one of the smallest area codes in North America....

     - New York
    New York
    New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

  • Area code 213
    Area code 213
    North American area code 213 is a Californian telephone area code which contains downtown Los Angeles and its immediate environs. It was one of California's original three area codes created in October 1947 and has historically been associated with Southern California and Los Angeles.Originally,...

     - California
    California
    California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

  • Area code 214 - Texas
    Texas
    Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

  • Area code 215 - Pennsylvania
    Pennsylvania
    The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

  • Area code 216
    Area code 216
    216 is the North American telephone area code for Cleveland, Ohio and some suburban communities in Cuyahoga County.It was one of the original area codes issued in the North American Numbering Plan on January 1, 1947...

     - Ohio
    Ohio
    Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

  • Area code 217
    Area code 217
    217 is the North American telephone area code for much of Central Illinois, including the capital city of Springfield as well as the cities of Champaign, Urbana, Decatur, Danville, Quincy, and Rantoul.-Communities included:...

     - Illinois
    Illinois
    Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

  • Area code 218
    Area code 218
    218 is the North American telephone area code for the northern part of the state of Minnesota, making it the northernmost area code in the contiguous United States. It is one of Minnesota's original two codes, although it has been modified since inception...

     - Minnesota
    Minnesota
    Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...


  • Area code 301 - Maryland
    Maryland
    Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

  • Area code 302
    Area code 302
    302 is the area code for the state of Delaware in the United States. It is one of the original area codes established in 1947.-External links:*...

     - Delaware
    Delaware
    Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...

  • Area code 303
    Area code 303
    Image:Area_codes_CO.svg|right|Map of Colorado area codes in blue poly 67 8 381 26 380 108 356 107 352 131 343 130 340 107 326 102 320 104 301 104 301 85 282 85 287 77 263 77 259 84 216 79 204 102 182 125 177 144 191 151 199 177 180 203 168 207 166 219 151 219 149 229 167 226 168 238 186 238 196...

     - Colorado
    Colorado
    Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

  • Area code 304
    Area code 304
    Image:Area code 304.png|thumb|right|250px|Area Codes 304 and 681. This map is clickable; click on an area code to go to the page for that code.poly 0 1 0 151 9 159 12 165 25 163 30 152 35 153 33 137 40 135 38 128 44 118 52 132 61 122 62 109 79 91 82 96 113 73 125 23 127 9 124 4 108 12 106 18 93...

     - West Virginia
    West Virginia
    West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...

  • Area code 305
    Area code 305
    Area code 305 was the single original area code for the entire state of Florida. Today, it serves all of Miami-Dade County , and the part of Monroe County that is in the Florida Keys...

     - Florida
    Florida
    Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

  • Area code 306
    Area code 306
    Area code 306 is the telephone area code in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, encompassing the province. It is one of the original 86 area codes assigned in 1947, in the contiguous United States and the then-nine-province extent of Canada....

     - Saskatchewan
    Saskatchewan
    Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

  • Area code 307
    Area code 307
    Image:Area_code_WY.png|right|Map of Wyoming showing its area code in blue #poly 83 35 344 34 353 243 75 246 Area Code 307poly 347 139 425 139 420 0 343 0 Area code 605poly 348 139 429 139 420 243 352 243 Area code 308...

     - Wyoming
    Wyoming
    Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...

  • Area code 312
    Area code 312
    Area code 312 is the telephone area code for the Chicago Loop and surrounding areas of the city of Chicago, Illinois. Prior to the split on November 11, 1989, forming 708 , 312 area code originally served much of Greater Chicago...

     - Illinois
    Illinois
    Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

  • Area code 313
    Area code 313
    Area code 313 is the telephone area code serving the city of Detroit, Michigan, the city's innermost enclave cities , and Dearborn, Redford and Grosse Pointe...

     - Michigan
    Michigan
    Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

  • Area code 314
    Area code 314
    The area code 314 serves the independent city of St. Louis, Missouri, and most suburbs located in neighboring St. Louis County.It is bordered by area code 618 across the Mississippi River in Illinois, and by area code 636 in Missouri, which acts as an envelope around the 314 area.-History:Area code...

     - Missouri
    Missouri
    Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

  • Area code 315
    Area code 315
    Area code 315 is a telephone area code in upstate New York. It stretches from the eastern border of Monroe County to Little Falls, north to the Canadian border, east to Massena and south to near Cortland....

     - New York
    New York
    New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

  • Area code 316
    Area code 316
    Area Code 316 is the area code for telephone exchanges in the city of Wichita, Kansas and surrounding communities. The area code formerly covered all of southern Kansas.-History of area codes in Kansas:...

     - Kansas
    Kansas
    Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

  • Area code 317
    Area code 317
    Area code 317 is a North American Numbering Plan area code for Central Indiana. It serves most of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Service Area, including all of Indianapolis/Marion County and portions of the surrounding counties, Boone, Hancock, Hamilton, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Morgan, and...

     - Indiana
    Indiana
    Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

  • Area code 319
    Area code 319
    Image:Area code 319.svg|300px|right|The area colored red indicates the geographical region in the state of Iowa, served by area code 319poly 441 309 416 289 398 289 400 269 416 261 416 253 409 246 391 249 392 243 409 234 416 220 384 218 384 211 379 207 385 179 381 171 371 172 363 154 347 147 342...

     - Iowa
    Iowa
    Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...


  • Area code 401
    Area code 401
    Area code 401 is the sole telephone area code of Rhode Island. 401 is one of the original 86 North American area codes, which were created in 1947. Rhode Island is among the decreasing number of North American jurisdictions with only one area code.-See also:...

     - Rhode Island
    Rhode Island
    The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...

  • Area code 402
    Area code 402
    Image:Area_code_NE.png|right|Map of Nebraska area codes in blue poly 50 20 272 25 291 37 298 32 323 30 340 38 353 50 347 36 354 16 346 7 350 1 47 0 Area code 605...

     - Nebraska
    Nebraska
    Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....

  • Area code 403
    Area code 403
    Area code 403 is a telephone area code in the Canadian province of Alberta, encompassing the southern half of the province, including the Calgary area...

     - Alberta
    Alberta
    Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

  • Area code 404
    Area code 404
    Area code 404 covers Atlanta and its immediate neighbors, roughly within Interstate 285.Originally, it covered all of Georgia when the area code system was first created in the 1940s and implemented in 1951. On July 1, 1954, area code 912 was assigned to southern and middle Georgia...

     - Georgia
    Georgia (U.S. state)
    Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

  • Area code 405
    Area code 405
    Area code 405 serves the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It covers the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area including cities such as Oklahoma City, Edmond, El Reno, Norman, Stillwater, Shawnee, Chickasha, Tuttle, and Moore....

     - Oklahoma
    Oklahoma
    Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

  • Area code 406
    Area code 406
    Image:Area_code_MT.png|right|thumbs|Map of Montana area code in blue poly 67 33 0 20 1 1 51 0 58 24 Area code 250poly 66 33 57 25 52 0 198 0 198 54 Area code 403poly 198 55 198 0 419 0 418 72 265 63 Area code 306...

     - Montana
    Montana
    Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...

  • Area code 412
    Area code 412
    Area code 412 is a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania telephone area code which serves most of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania , along with small portions of Washington and Westmoreland counties, except the northern edge of Allegheny County served by the Consolidated Communications, formerly the North...

     - Pennsylvania
    Pennsylvania
    The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

  • Area code 413
    Area code 413
    Area code 413 is the area code for western Massachusetts. It is the largest area code by land area covered in the Commonwealth, an original area code for Massachusetts , and extends from the New York border to the border of Worcester County, though it includes two towns within that county, Hardwick...

     - Massachusetts
    Massachusetts
    The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

  • Area code 414
    Area code 414
    North American telephone area code 414 is a state of Wisconsin area code which was created along with area code 715 as one of the two original area codes assigned to Wisconsin in October 1947. Currently, the 414 area code is nearly exclusive to Milwaukee County, including the city of Milwaukee...

     - Wisconsin
    Wisconsin
    Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

  • Area code 415
    Area code 415
    North American Area code 415 is the Californian telephone area code for San Francisco and its northern suburbs .-History:415 was one of the original three area codes in California, established in 1947...

     - California
    California
    California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

  • Area code 416 - Ontario
    Ontario
    Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

  • Area code 418 - Quebec
    Quebec
    Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

  • Area code 419 - Ohio
    Ohio
    Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...


  • Area code 501
    Area code 501
    Area code 501 is a telephone area code in Arkansas. It originally covered all of the state of Arkansas. It is one of the original 86 North American Numbering Plan areas assigned in 1947. As a result of population growth, area code 501 now covers only central Arkansas, including the capital, Little...

     - Arkansas
    Arkansas
    Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...

  • Area code 502
    Area code 502
    Area code 502 serves the state of Kentucky's north central counties, primarily Louisville, its suburbs, and the state capital Frankfort. Its service area encompasses the following Kentucky counties :...

     - Kentucky
    Kentucky
    The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...

  • Area code 503 - Oregon
    Oregon
    Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

  • Area code 504
    Area code 504
    Area code 504 is a telephone area code that covers the greater New Orleans, Louisiana, area. 504 originally served all of Louisiana, which now has five area codes...

     - Louisiana
    Louisiana
    Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...

  • Area code 505
    Area code 505
    Image:Area codes NM.svg|300px|right|The map indicates the geographical regions in the state of New Mexico, served by area codes 505 and 575poly 48 199 48 36 135 37 143 42 129 47 128 104 142 105 158 116 158 118 148 127 163 136 167 147 189 147 189 140 178 135 192 113 179 111 184 98 189 103 198 88 207...

     - New Mexico
    New Mexico
    New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...

  • Area code 512
    Area code 512
    Image:Areacode512.svg|right|thumb|A map of Texas, showing area code 512 in white. Click on an area code to go to the page for that code.poly 121 10 199 10 199 69 179 69 173 80 187 88 183 106 162 103 170 116 156 116 141 123 126 110 117 116 Area code 806...

     - Texas
    Texas
    Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

  • Area code 513
    Area code 513
    The area code 513 serves southwest Ohio including Cincinnati and its many suburbs, such as the cities of Forest Park, Hamilton, Lebanon, Mason, Middletown, Norwood, Oxford, and Trenton; it is one of the original area codes established in 1947. It formerly covered a larger area of Southwestern...

     - Ohio
    Ohio
    Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

  • Area code 514 - Quebec
    Quebec
    Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

  • Area code 515
    Area code 515
    Image:Area code 515.svg|300px|right|The area colored red indicates the geographical region in the state of Iowa, served by area code 515poly 441 309 416 289 398 289 400 269 416 261 416 253 409 246 391 249 392 243 409 234 416 220 384 218 384 211 379 207 385 179 381 171 371 172 363 154 347 147 342...

     - Iowa
    Iowa
    Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...

  • Area code 517
    Area code 517
    Area code 517 is the area code which serves the south central portion of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Notable cities within 517 include Charlotte, Mason, Lansing, East Lansing, Jackson, Howell, Coldwater, Adrian, and Hillsdale. Previously, 517 also encompassed the places now served by area...

     - Michigan
    Michigan
    Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

  • Area code 518
    Area code 518
    Area code 518 is a telephone area code in eastern upstate New York, established as one of the original area codes in 1947. It covers 24 counties and 1,200 ZIP codes. It has 493 landline and 100 wireless prefixes serviced by 47 carriers...

     - New York
    New York
    New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...


  • Area code 601
    Area code 601
    Area codes 601 and 769 are the telephone area codes for central Mississippi. Originally, area code 601 covered the entire state. In 1997, area code 228 was created for the Mississippi Gulf Coast area. In 1999, area code 662 was created in the northern half of Mississippi. In 2005, Mississippi's...

     - Mississippi
    Mississippi
    Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...

  • Area code 602
    Area code 602
    Image:Area_code_602.png|right|Map of Arizona area codes in blue with 602 in redpoly 0 0 73 58 14 59 14 100 0 90 Area code 775poly 73 58 68 92 64 92 58 88 48 88 51 125 49 135 13 98 10 58 Area code 702...

     - Arizona
    Arizona
    Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

  • Area code 603
    Area code 603
    North American area code 603 is New Hampshire's sole area code. 603 was created as one of the original area codes in October, 1947.As of April, 2011, 603 was nearing exhaustion, and a second area code for New Hampshire was expected to be activated by 2013. A New Hampshire-wide overlay was recommended...

     - New Hampshire
    New Hampshire
    New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...

  • Area code 604 - British Columbia
    British Columbia
    British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

  • Area code 605
    Area code 605
    Image:Area_code_SD.png|right|Map of South Dakota's area code in blue poly 93 2 86 105 1 98 1 1 Area code 406poly 94 1 365 0 369 28 374 52 90 53 Area code 701...

     - South Dakota
    South Dakota
    South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...

  • Area code 612
    Area code 612
    Area code 612 is the telephone numbering plan code for the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota and a few surrounding areas such as Fort Snelling, St. Anthony and Richfield. It is currently the smallest area code in the state by land area. However, the region used to be much larger, accounting for the...

     - Minnesota
    Minnesota
    Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

  • Area code 613
    Area code 613
    Area code 613 are area codes for Ottawa and surrounding Eastern Ontario, Canada. 613 is one of the 86 original area codes of North America assigned in October 1947...

     - Ontario
    Ontario
    Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

  • Area code 614
    Area code 614
    Area code 614, which had covered the entire southeastern quarter of the state of Ohio for decades, now represents only the Columbus metropolitan area; it is one of the original area codes established in 1947. In 1998, most of the old 614 territory was split into the new area code 740...

     - Ohio
    Ohio
    Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

  • Area code 616
    Area code 616
    Area code 616 was one of the original area codes of 1947. It covered all of the western Lower Peninsula of Michigan, as well as the Upper Peninsula...

     - Michigan
    Michigan
    Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

  • Area code 617
    Area code 617
    Area code 617 covers the city of Boston, Massachusetts and some of its inner suburbs. Until July 16 1988, 617 had covered all of eastern and central Massachusetts. Area codes 508 and 781 were split off from 617. 617 was one of the original area codes from October, 1947...

     - Massachusetts
    Massachusetts
    The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

  • Area code 618
    Area code 618
    Area code 618 is the telephone area code serving the southern part of Illinois. Periodically, proposals have been made for another area code in southern Illinois. Some of these proposals have involved an overlay, with others potentially reducing 618's physical size...

     - Illinois
    Illinois
    Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...


  • Area code 701
    Area code 701
    Image:Area_code_ND.png|right|Map of North Dakota area code in blue poly 0 0 106 0 106 36 0 30 Area code 306poly 109 1 107 34 239 35 298 32 297 0 Area code 204...

     - North Dakota
    North Dakota
    North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....

  • Area code 702
    Area code 702
    North American area code 702 is a NANP telephone code located in Las Vegas, Nevada and also encompasses most of Clark County, Nevada. It was one of the original area codes established in October, 1947, and covered all of Nevada. Due to growth of the Las Vegas area, a new area code was needed...

     - Nevada
    Nevada
    Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

  • Area code 703 - Virginia
    Virginia
    The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

  • Area code 704
    Area code 704
    Area code 704 covers Metropolitan Charlotte, in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, and also the cities of Gastonia, and Concord. Area code 980, created as an overlay in 2001, also covers the same area. The South Carolina side of the Charlotte metropolitan area is part of area code 803.704 is...

     - North Carolina
    North Carolina
    North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

  • Area code 712
    Area code 712
    Image:Area code 712.svg|300px|right|The area colored red indicates the geographical region in the state of Iowa, served by area code 712poly 441 309 416 289 398 289 400 269 416 261 416 253 409 246 391 249 392 243 409 234 416 220 384 218 384 211 379 207 385 179 381 171 371 172 363 154 347 147 342...

     - Iowa
    Iowa
    Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...

  • Area code 713 - Texas
    Texas
    Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

  • Area code 715
    Area code 715
    North American telephone area codes 715 and 534 are state of Wisconsin area codes. 715 was created along with Area code 414 as one of the two original area codes assigned to Wisconsin in October 1947. The 715 area code was expected to run out of phone numbers by 2011, so it was overlaid with 534 in...

     - Wisconsin
    Wisconsin
    Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

  • Area code 716
    Area code 716
    Area code 716 is an area code that used to dominate Western New York until the new area code of 585 was split off for the Rochester Area in 2002...

     - New York
    New York
    New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

  • Area code 717
    Area code 717
    Area code 717 is a telephone area code which serves south central Pennsylvania, used in the Harrisburg-Lancaster-York metropolitan areas. 717 was one of the original area codes established in 1947, and originally covered the eastern half of the state except for the Delaware and Lehigh valleys...

     - Pennsylvania
    Pennsylvania
    The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...


  • Area code 801
    Area code 801
    801 and 385 are area code overlays under the North American Numbering Plan covering the Wasatch Front in northern Utah. Specifically, 801 and 385 cover Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Weber, and Morgan counties. Some cities and towns included in this area code are Salt Lake City, Ogden, Layton, Bountiful,...

     - Utah
    Utah
    Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

  • Area code 802
    Area code 802
    North American area code 802 is the state of Vermont's sole telephone area code. It was established as one of the original area codes in October 1947.-External links:*...

     - Vermont
    Vermont
    Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...

  • Area code 803
    Area code 803
    Area code 803 is a South Carolina area code. Located in the central part of the state, it is anchored by metropolitan Columbia, the state capital. It also includes the cities of Rock Hill, Fort Mill, Sumter, Orangeburg, and Aiken. It is one of the original 86 North American Numbering Plan areas...

     - South Carolina
    South Carolina
    South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...

  • Area code 812
    Area code 812
    North American area code 812 is the largest in area in Indiana, covering the southern third of Indiana, including the suburban areas of Louisville, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio and the northern half of the Evansville Metropolitan Area in addition to the moderately large cities of Bedford,...

     - Indiana
    Indiana
    Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

  • Area code 814
    Area code 814
    Area code 814 is a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania telephone area code, which serves its northwestern and central regions, including the cities of Altoona, Bradford, DuBois, Rosewood, Meadville, Oil City, Johnstown, and Warren, as well as the boroughs of State College, Brockway and Rimersburg.814 is...

     - Pennsylvania
    Pennsylvania
    The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

  • Area code 815 - Illinois
    Illinois
    Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

  • Area code 816
    Area code 816
    Area Code 816 is an area code in the state of Missouri that covers the Kansas City Metropolitan Area and the city of St. Joseph to the north. This area code previously covered most of Northwestern Missouri to the state's borders with Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska, but currently only shares a border...

     - Missouri
    Missouri
    Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...


  • Area code 901
    Area code 901
    Area code 901 is an area code in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Originally it was the area code for the entire state, but now it is limited to the southwest corner of the state, including the city of Memphis.-Original assignment:...

     - Tennessee
    Tennessee
    Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

  • Area code 902
    Area code 902
    Area code 902 is the telephone area code in the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, encompassing both provinces. The 902 area code was established in 1947 for all three Maritime provinces, with Newfoundland added shortly after it joined Canada; New Brunswick, along with...

     - Nova Scotia
    Nova Scotia
    Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

    , Prince Edward Island
    Prince Edward Island
    Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...

    , New Brunswick
    New Brunswick
    New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

    , Newfoundland
    Newfoundland and Labrador
    Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

  • Area code 913
    Area code 913
    Area Code 913 is the area code for telephone exchanges located in the Kansas portion of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. Prior to July 20 1997, 913 covered all of northern Kansas from the Colorado state line to the Missouri state line...

     - Kansas
    Kansas
    Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

  • Area code 914
    Area code 914
    Area code 914 is a telephone area code within New York state. 914's boundaries are the same as Westchester County. It was one of the original area codes established in October 1947....

     - New York
    New York
    New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

  • Area code 915
    Area code 915
    Image:Areacode915.svg|right|Map of Texas in blue and area code 915 in redpoly 121 10 199 10 199 69 179 69 173 80 187 88 183 106 162 103 170 116 156 116 141 123 126 110 117 116 Area code 806...

     - Texas
    Texas
    Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

  • Area code 916
    Area code 916
    North American area code 916 is an area code based in Sacramento, California. The telephone area code was one of the first three original area codes established in California in October, 1947. It covered the far northern portion of the state. It was split in a flash-cut on October, 26, 1957, at...

     - California
    California
    California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...


See Also

  • Bell System
    Bell System
    The Bell System was the American Bell Telephone Company and then, subsequently, AT&T led system which provided telephone services to much of the United States and Canada from 1877 to 1984, at various times as a monopoly. In 1984, the company was broken up into separate companies, by a U.S...

  • North American Numbering Plan
    North American Numbering Plan
    The North American Numbering Plan is an integrated telephone numbering plan administered by Neustar which encompasses 24 countries and territories, including the United States and its territories, Canada, Bermuda, and 16 nations of the Caribbean...

  • List of future North American area codes
  • List of North American Numbering Plan area codes
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