Area code 413

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Area code 413
All Massachusetts area codes
All Massachusetts area codes
Location
Location of area code 413
Location of area code 413
Statistics
Created 1947
LATA Code 126
Overlays None
Major Cities Springfield
Westfield
Northampton
Pittsfield
Holyoke
Chicopee
West Springfield
Regions Berkshire County
Hampden County
Hampshire County
Franklin County
Time zone Eastern (UTC-5)
Summer (DST) Eastern (UTC-4)

Area code 413 is the area code for western Massachusetts. It is the largest area code by land area covered in the Commonwealth, an original area code for Massachusetts (with 617), and extends from the New York border to the border of Worcester County, though it includes two towns within that county, Hardwick and Warren, while excluding several eastern Franklin County towns, Orange, New Salem, Warwick and Wendell and covering from border to border north to south. Although western Massachusetts has no overlay area code, it requires 10 digit-dialing for calls outside of designated calling areas.

[edit] History of area codes in Massachusetts

Massachusetts was scheduled to receive two area codes under the original North American Numbering Plan proposal, the area codes the state was going to have were 515 & 516. While area code 617 was going to be used in Kansas, and 413 was going to be used in Pennsylvania [1]. Until 1988, Massachusetts only had two area codes, the east and central part of the state was 617 while mainly the west part was 413. The 508 area code was created on July 16, 1988 as a split from 617. Then, on September 1, 1997, area code 781 was introduced as a split from 617, while 978 split from 508 at the same time. The overlays to 508, 617, 781 & 978 were created on May 2, 2001, 774 is the overlay to 508, 339 is the overlay to 781, 857 is the overlay to 617, & 351 is the overlay to 978. The overlay area codes are used on mobile lines, none or few landlines use them yet. Area code 413 in the west part of the state currently does not have an overlay, however, 10-digit dialing is currently mandatory for some local calls within 413, also, 413 has not changed since 1947.

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Massachusetts area codes: 339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978
North: 603, 802
West: 518 area code 413 East: 351/978, 508/774
South: 860
Connecticut area codes: 203, 475, 860
New York area codes: 212, 315, 347, 516, 518, 585, 607, 631, 646, 716, 718, 845, 914, 917
New Hampshire area codes: 603
Vermont area codes: 802


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