HISTORY
1946
Proposal
1947
Final Plan
1948
- 1959
1960
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1990
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1996
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NANP Area Code History: 1996
With the shock of new-style area codes behind them, local exchange
carriers concentrated on requests for new area codes to fill the sudden
demand for numbers that had been placed on them due to poor allocation of
resources unintentionally built into the system by its designers.
Old |
New
|
State (linked):
Geographic Description
|
Permissive
|
| 314 | 573 Split |
MO: Southeastern third of the state,
except Saint Louis MCA and vicinity. Map Link COC List (573) 792-8378 |
01/07/96 07/07/96 |
| 708 | 847 Split |
IL: Northeastern corner of the state,
north of Chicago. Map Link COC List (847) 958-1204 |
01/20/96 04/20/96 |
| 809 | 787 Split |
Puerto Rico (no map) COC List (787) 756-9399, (787) 781-0199, (787) 787-0399 |
03/01/96 01/31/97 |
| 800 | 888 Overlay |
NANP: Toll-free expansion for SPN
800. More Info |
NONE 03/01/96 |
| NEW | 881 | NANP US: Caller-pays international portion of call to inbound SPN 888. | NONE 03/01/96 |
| 216 | 330 Split |
OH: Northeastern quandrant of the state,
except Cleveland MCA and surrounding lakefront. Map Link COC List (330) 783-2330 |
03/09/96 06/29/96 |
| 612 | 320 Split |
MN: Central third of the state outside
the Minneapolis-Saint Paul MCA. (no map) COC List (320) 252-0090, (320) 629-5975 |
03/17/96 09/15/96 |
| 809 | 268 Split |
Antigua & Barbuda (no map) COC List (268) 268-4482 |
04/01/96 03/31/97 |
| 407 | 561 Split |
FL: Atlantic Coast south of Orlando MCA
and north of Broward County. (no map) COC List (561) 615-8484 |
05/13/96 04/13/97 |
| 804 | 757 Split |
VA: Extreme southeastern corner and
peninsula including Norfolk and Virginia Beach. (no map) COC List (757) 627-1615 |
07/01/96 02/01/97 |
| 809 | 246 Split |
Barbados (no map) COC List (246) 809-4200 |
07/01/96 01/15/97 |
| 809 | 664 Split |
Montserrat (no map) COC List (664) 491-0025 |
07/01/96 06/01/97 |
| 809 | 758 Split |
Saint Lucia (no map) COC List (758) 785-8242 |
07/01/96 01/01/97 |
| 919 | 910 Realign |
NC: Davidson County (no map) COC List [no test#] |
NONE 08/01/96 |
| 708 | 630 Split |
IL: Western suburbs of Chicago. Map Link COC List (630) 204-1204 |
08/03/96 11/30/96 |
| 281 | 713 realign |
TX: Phase two of the 713/281 relief
effort, delayed and changed from 1995. Highway 8 was selected as an arbitrary boundary for
a November split. Most 281 exchanges already assigned inside the boundary were realigned
back to 713. (no map) [no test#] |
08/17/96 10/02/96 |
| 809 | 345 Split |
Cayman Islands (no map) COC List (345) 949-2680 |
09/01/96 08/31/97 |
| 214 | 972 Split |
TX: North-central Texas except the
following Counties: Collin, Ellis, Dallas, Rockwall, the northwestern half of Kaufman, the
southeastern third of Denton, the eastern quarter of Tarrant and northern/eastern portions
of Hill and Johnson. Map Link COC List (972) 792-8378 |
09/14/96 04/18/97 |
| 513 | 937 Split |
OH: Southwestern corner of the state,
except Cincinnati & surrounding communities. Map Link COC List (937) 223-4937 |
09/28/96 06/14/97 |
| 809 | 242 Split |
Bahamas (no map) COC List (242) 352-0000, (242) 356-0000, (242) 393-0000 |
10/01/96 03/31/97 |
| 809 | 869 Split |
Saint Kitts & Nevis (no map) COC List (869) 468-8001 |
10/01/96 03/01/97 |
| 312 | 773 Split |
IL: Chicago Outer Loop and O'Hare
Airport. Map Link COC List (773) 838-1204, (773) 914-1204 |
10/12/96 01/11/97 |
| 604 | 250 Split |
BC: Entire province, except Vancouver and
surrounding communities. Map Link COC List (250) 372-0123, (250) 372-0124 |
10/19/96 04/06/97 |
| 713 | 281 Split |
TX: Phase three of the 713/281 relief
effort, delayed and changed from 1995. Areas outside highway 8 were moved to 281. Map Link COC List (281) 792-8378 |
11/02/96 06/06/97 |
