Area Code 786 Information

State: FL - Florida
Active: True

Area code 305 was originally the default area code for the entire state of Florida. The western part of the peninsula from the Tampa Bay area south, which was served by non-Bell System telephone companies, was separated into area code 813 in 1953. As a result of the increase in the state's population, Northern Florida, from the Panhandle to Jacksonville, was assigned area code 904 in 1965, effective Sunday, July 11, 1965 as a flash-cut, with no formal permissive dialing period. This lasted until 1988 when the east coast of Florida from Palm Beach County north through Brevard County, as well as the Orlando metropolitan area was assigned area code 407. In 1995 Broward County was split from 305 and assigned area code 954. In 1998 area code 786 was assigned to relieve the large demand for phone lines in the Miami area.

Related Area Codes: 305


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