SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (KWQC) - The Illinois Commerce Commission announced Monday the addition of a new 861 area code to the counties and municipalities currently under 309 area code. The 861 area code ...

"Seinfeld" joked about area code anxiety in 1998, but modern New Yorkers still take their phone numbers very seriously. File What’s an area code really worth these days, anyway? For most people, it’s ...

The area code 202 is synonymous with D.C. — it’s been the District’s sole area code for more than 70 years. But come 2022, when new phone numbers are forecast to run out, there’ll be a new three-digit ...

Some telephone customers in about a dozen counties including Stanislaus may be issued a phone number with a different area code before long. The 209 area code in the Central Valley and Sierra ...

There will soon be a new way to identify a Houstonian. For the first time in a decade, a new area code will be distributed in the Houston area in January. The new area code, 621, will join 713, 281, ...

March 30 used to be Feb. 16 in the Akron-Canton area. Calendars didn’t change. Our phone numbers did. Northeast Ohio residents will celebrate 330 Day on March 30 as a loving tribute to regional ...

East Tennessee has another new area code, and it's going to add three more digits to many people's local calls. Starting Aug. 5, people in upper and lower East Tennessee in the 423 area code region ...