Area codes 618 and 730

Area codes 618 and 730 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for southern Illinois. The numbering plan area (NPA) comprises one hundred and twenty-six municipalities, such as Carbondale, Cairo, Belleville, East St. Louis, Edwardsville, Marion, O'Fallon, Alton, Mt. Vernon, Centralia, Herrin, Salem, Metropolis, Fairview Heights, Collinsville, and Granite City. Area code 618 was one of the original North American area codes created in 1947, and 730 was added to the plan area to form an overlay complex to satisfy the need for more telephone numbers in the region.

For the area code in Durango, see Area code 618 (Mexico).
The numbering plan areas and area codes of Illinois

History

When the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) organized the nation's telephone networks in 1947 under a new nationwide telephone numbering plan, Illinois was divided into four numbering plan areas to accommodate large number of central offices that were necessary for the state's dense population and toll call routing infrastructure.[1]

Area code 618 was assigned to a numbering plan area in southern Illinois, including the population centers of East St. Louis and Carbondale. In 1954, most of Metro East of St. Louis switched from area code 217 to 618.

Projections in 2021 by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator, indicated central office code exhaustion by 2025.[2] Periodic proposals were made for code relief, and area code 730 was designated for an overlay complex. Implementation was completed with an in-service date of July 7, 2023, resulting in all of Illinois area codes being overlay codes.[3]

Prior to October 2021, area code 618 had telephone numbers assigned for the central office code 988. In 2020, 988 was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which created a conflict for exchanges that permit seven-digit dialing. This area code was therefore scheduled to transition to ten-digit dialing by October 24, 2021.[4]

Cities in the service area

See also

References
  1. AT&T (1955), Notes on Nationwide Dialing
  2. "2021-2 NRUF and NPA Exhaust Analysis" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-10-18. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
  3. "Planning Letter 595: NPA 730 and 618 All-Services Overlay (Illinois)" (PDF). NANPA. 2022-06-15. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  4. "Transition to 10-digit dialing (for 988 as 3-digit access to National Suicide Prevention Hotline)" (PDF). North American Numbering Plan Administrator. 2021-01-08. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
Illinois area codes: 217, 224/847, 309, 312, 331/630, 618, 708, 773, 779/815, 872
North: 217/447
West: 314/557, 636, 573 618/730 East: 812/930
South: 573, 270/364
Missouri area codes: 314/557, 417, 573, 636, 660, 816
Kentucky area codes: 270/364, 502, 606, 859
Indiana area codes: 219, 260, 317/463, 574, 765, 812/930

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