Talk:List of California area codes

Merger proposal
The Southern California version is superfluous. The List of California Area Codes is comprehensive and contains the area codes for all of California, there is no need for one that just talks about Southern California. It is only more work that we would have to always synchronize, especially since there are new overlays constantly being created... Additionally, we can reorganize these by geography or by county or something. Valley2city 07:15, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I prefer it in numerical order, but can we also have a timeline (with references to which ones were split from where)? I seem to remember my grandfather (who worked for AT&T before the breakup) claiming all of California was once only 3 or 4 area codes.... 68.6.178.220 (talk) 03:02, 10 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, the original scheme in 1947 had only 213, 415, 916. LincMad has lists of recent splits, but I don't know of a list of splits before 1995 (other than my own, taken years ago from LincMad and other sources). —Tamfang (talk) 23:55, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

yes, merge
yes, merge Hmains 01:10, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Don't merge....
I have rights to distribute certain products to SOCAL only. I can target the area codes and then call the numbers I have in my database. Why would anyone want to lump everything into one basket? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.232.12.162 (talk) 20:05, 29 March 2007 (UTC).

Map
These maps are so, so shitty. Does anyone have any better versions? Ones that weren't drawn in Microsoft Paint? -Branddobbe (talk) 07:34, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

family tree

 * 213 — 1947 October
 * 714 — split, 1951 January 1
 * 619 — split, 1982 January 1
 * 760 — split, 1997 March 22
 * 442 — overlay, 2009
 * 858 — split, 1999 June 12
 * 909 — split, 1992 November 14
 * 951 — split, 2004 July 17
 * 949 — split, 1998 April 18
 * 657 — overlay, 2008 September 23
 * 805 — split, 1957 January 1
 * 661 — split, 1999 February 13
 * 818 — split, 1984 January 7
 * 626 — split, 1997 June 14
 * 747 — overlay, 2009 May 18
 * 310 — split, 1991 November 2
 * 562 — split, 1997 January 25
 * 424 — overlay, 2006 August 26
 * 323 — split, 1998 June 13


 * 415 — 1947 October
 * 408 — split, 1959 January 1
 * 831 — split, 1998 July 11
 * 669 – overlay, 2012
 * 707 — split, 1959 January 1
 * 510 — split, 1991 September 2
 * 925 — split, 1998 March 14
 * 650 — split, 1997 August 2
 * 628 — overlay, 2015


 * 916 — 1947 October
 * 209 — split, 1958 January 1
 * 559 — split, 1998 November 14
 * 530 — split, 1997 November 1
 * 279 — overlay, 2018

An alternative arrangement, showing kinships. —Tamfang (talk) 02:36, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

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