Area codes 714 and 657are telephonearea codesin theNorth American Numbering Planfor the southern part of theU.S. stateofCalifornia.The numbering plan area comprises northernOrange County,a portion ofLos Angeles County,and theSleepy HollowandCarbon Canyonareas ofChino HillsinSan Bernardino County.Area code 714 was assigned to a part ofnumbering plan area 213in 1951, and 657 was added in 2008 to form anoverlay complex.
History
editIn 1947, when theAmerican Telephone and Telegraph Company(AT&T) devised the first nationwidetelephone numbering planand assigned theoriginal North American area codes,the state of California was divided into three numbering plan areas: 213,415,and916,for the southern, central, and northern parts of the state, respectively.[1] The area served by 213 extended fromMexican borderto theCentral Coast.Starting in the 1950s, Southern California experienced rapid expansion of telephone service, requiring area code 213 to be split five times by 1998. The first split became necessary in 1951, when most of the southern and eastern portion, includingSan Diegoand most ofOrange County,was assigned area code 714 in aflash cut,without a permissive dialing period[further explanation needed].This included most of Southern California, generally south and east of Los Angeles, extending to theArizonaandNevadastate lines to the east, and south as far as the Mexican border (what is now area codes442/760,619,858,909,and951). Despite Southern California's growth in the second half of the 20th century, this configuration remained in place for 31 years.
On January 1, 1982, most of the southern and eastern portion, centered aroundSan Diegoand the desert areas, becamearea code 619.In 1992, easternLos Angelesand theInland Empirebecamearea code 909.On April 18, 1998, the southern cities of Orange County were split from 714, creatingarea code 949.
By 2007, 714 was running out of telephone numbers due to Southern California's continued growth and the proliferation of mobile telephones. As a solution, area code 657 wasoverlaidonto the 714 territory on September 23, 2008.[2]
Service area
editThe service area includes northern and western Orange County, except for portions ofLa Habraand all ofSeal Beach,Los Alamitos,the far northwestern portion ofBrea,and the western portions ofLa Palma,which have always been in the same area code asLong Beach—currently the562 area code.This is probably because at the time those splits first occurred, while most cities in Southern California were provided primary local telephone service from what was thenPacific Bell(nowAT&T), the cities listed above were served byGTE,the primary telephone provider for Long Beach (this territory has since become part ofVerizon,and nowFrontier Communications).
Today, five cities "straddle" the 657/714 and 949 area codes:Costa Mesa,Irvine,Santa Ana,Tustin,andNewport Beach.
Cities in the numbering plan area includeTustin,Placentia,Anaheim,Buena Park,Costa Mesa(unique because it is split between the 714/657 and949area codes, at Wilson Street and along Newport Boulevard),Cypress,Fountain Valley,Fullerton,Orange,Garden Grove,Santa Ana,Villa Park,Yorba Linda,portions ofLa Habra,and most ofBreaandHuntington Beach.
Los Angeles County
edit- Cerritos(mostly in the562 area code)
- La Mirada(mostly in the562 area code)
Orange County
edit- Anaheim
- Brea(small portion in the562 area code)
- Buena Park
- Costa Mesa(small portion in the949 area code)
- Cypress(small portion in the562 area code)[3]
- Fountain Valley
- Fullerton(small portion in the562 area code)
- Garden Grove
- Huntington Beach(small portion in the562 area code)
- Irvine(mostly in the949 area code)
- La Habra(mostly in the562 area code)
- La Palma(small portion in the562 area code)
- Los Alamitos(mostly in the562 area code)
- Midway City
- Modjeska Canyon
- Newport Beach(mostly in the949 area code)
- North Tustin
- Orange Park Acres
- Orange
- Placentia
- Santa Ana(small portion in the949 area code)
- Santiago Canyon
- Seal Beach(mostly in the562 area code)
- Silverado
- Stanton
- Tustin Foothills
- Tustin(small portion in the949 area code)
- Villa Park
- Westminster
- Yorba Linda
San Bernardino County
edit- Chino Hills(mostly in the909 area code)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^Mabbs, Ralph (Winter 1947–1948)."Nation-Wide Operator Toll Dialing—the Coming Way".Bell Telephone Magazine.26(4): 181.Retrieved2023-07-01.
- ^"NPA 657 to Overlay NPA 714 (California)"(PDF).NANPA. 2007-10-04.Retrieved2023-07-29.
- ^City of Cypress, CA Area Codes
External links
edit- 714 Area code history,California PUC
| North:626,909/840 | ||
| West:310/424(offshore islands),562 | 657/714 | East:951 |
| South:949,Pacific Ocean |