Area codes 847 and 224

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Both area code 847 and area code 224 are part of an overlay plan that covers most of Lake County, the northern part of Cook County, the northern part of Kane County, and a small part of McHenry County in Illinois. On January 5, 2002 area code 224 overlaid the 847 NPA and 11-digit dialing was implemented. Previously, on January 20, 1996 area code 847 split off from area code 708.

The area code is mentioned in "The Art of the Steal: How to Protect Yourself and Your Business from Fraud" by Frank W. Abagnale regarding a 900 phone call scam. He stated that the 847 area used to be a "premium" phone call area code in the North American Numbering Plan.

[edit] Communities included

Algonquin Antioch Arlington Heights Bannockbourn Barrington Barrington Hills Beach Park Buffalo Grove Burlington Carpentersville Cary Channel Lake Deerfield Deer Park Des Plaines East Dundee Elgin Elk Grove Village Evanston Forest Lake Fox Lake Fox Lake Hills Fox River Grove Gages Lake Gilberts Glencoe

Glenview Golf Grandwood Park Grayslake Green Oaks Gurnee Hainesville Hampshire Hawthorn Woods Highland Park Highwood Hoffman Estates Huntley Indian Creek Ingleside Island Lake Inverness Kenilworth Kildeer Knollwood Lake Barrington Lake Bluff Lake Catherine Lake Forest Lake in the Hills Lake Villa Lake Zurich

Libertyville Lincolnshire Lincolnwood Lindenhurst Long Grove Long Lake Mettawa Morton Grove Mount Prospect Mundelein Niles North Barrington Northbrook North Chicago Oakwood Hills Old Mill Creek Palatine Park City Park Ridge Pingree Grove Port Barrington Prairie View Prospect Heights Riverwoods Rolling Meadows Rondout

Rosemont Round Lake Round Lake Beach Round Lake Heights Round Lake Park Schaumburg Skokie Sleepy Hollow South Barrington South Elgin Third Lake Tower Lakes Trout Valley Venetian Village Vernon Hills Volo Wadsworth Wauconda Waukegan West Dundee Wheeling Wilmette Winnetka Winthrop Harbor Zion

[edit] See also

• List of NANP area codes
• List of Illinois area codes

[edit] External links

• Map of Illinois area codes at North American Numbering Plan Administration's website

State of Illinois area codes: 217, 224, 309, 312, 331, 618, 630, 708, 773, 779, 815, 847
	North: 262
West: 815/779	area code 847 and 224	East: Lake Michigan
	South: 630/331, 708, 773
State of Wisconsin area codes: 262, 414, 608, 715, 920