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proceeded, the Minnesota area code boundaries were redrawn in 1954 to avoid cutting across major toll traffic routes out of the Twin Cities. This resulted in three area codes, with 218 covering the northern band of the state, 612 covering the central band, and the new
48:. It is assigned to the largest of Minnesota's original two numbering plan areas (NPAs), although its geographical boundaries have been modified since inception. It comprises roughly the northern half of the state, and includes the cities of 178:, the former western portion of 612, runs the length of the southern border with 218, and the 612 area code has been reduced in size so much that it now just includes the city of 1174: 860: 174:
Because of the low population density in northern Minnesota, the region was unaffected when the 612 area was subdivided in 1996. The resulting
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Exhaust Projections by the NANP Administrator estimate that northern Minnesota will not need another area code until about 2028.
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The western portion of 218, generally everything from Brainerd westward, shares a
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of the North American Numbering Plan, area code 218 was conceived as a lower-case
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Prior to October 2021, area code 218 had telephone numbers assigned for the
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into the 218 area code; that region had previously been part of
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forming a southern band. The southern portion of the old 218 (
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was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the
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area code
North American Numbering Plan
U.S. state
Minnesota
Duluth
Hibbing
Brainerd
Bemidji
Fergus Falls
Moorhead

initial 1947 map
Twin Cities
area code 612
telephone numbering plan
area code 507
Worthington
Marshall
Pipestone
Iowa
Wisconsin
South Dakota
St. Cloud
Alexandria
Appleton
Northwest Angle
Bell Canada
Clearwater Bay
area code 807

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