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Area code 303 is the original area code assigned to the entire state when the first nationwide telephone numbering plan was created in 1947. Today it only serves the greater Denver Metropolitan Area. Area codes 720 and 983 are overlay codes for today's 303 numbering plan area (NPA). Area code 719 serves Colorado Springs and southeastern Colorado.
before 1995: served by area code 809: 1995: assigned area code 441 Puerto Rico: before 1996: served by area code 809: 1996: assigned area code 787 2001: overlaid with area code 939 U.S. Virgin Islands: before 1997: served by area code 809: 1997: assigned area code 340 Northern Marianas: before 1997: reached via IDDD using country code 670
From 1958 to 1999, most of the British West Indies in the Caribbean Basin, Bermuda, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico shared area code 809. By the mid-1990s, with the proliferation of fax machines, mobile phones, computers, and pagers in the region, the pool of available central office codes was exhausting.
However, if you get a call from a phone number or area code you don’t know, it’s likely best to avoid picking up the call and research the following before you call back: Look at the area code ...
An area code of three digits dialed after the country code determines the area served in the United States and its territories, Canada, and much of the Caribbean. Zone 2 uses two 2-digit codes (20, 27) and eight sets of 3-digit codes (21x–26x, 28x, 29x), mostly to serve Africa , but also Aruba , Faroe Islands , Greenland and British Indian ...
Here are a couple of examples where an area code is completely surrounded by another from the same state, province or Caribbean country. Area codes 385 and 801 in Salt Lake City, Utah is surrounded by 435; Area code 210 in San Antonio, Texas is surrounded by 830):
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In addition to being the sole area code in the Space Coast region around the Kennedy Space Center, this is the only partial overlay area code in North America 323: 213: Central Los Angeles, incl. Downtown L.A. and Hollywood: 326: 937: Southwest Ohio: 331: 630: Western suburbs of Chicago: 332, 646 , 917: 212