Area code 309/861 is a telephone
area code
A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints. Telephone numbers are the addresses of participants in a telephone network, rea ...
in the
North American Numbering Plan
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(NANP) for the west-central part of the
U.S. state
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of
Illinois
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. Two hundred and one municipalities are included in the plan such as
Bloomington,
Canton,
East Moline,
East Peoria
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sunrise, Sun rises on the Earth.
Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from ...
,
Galesburg,
Kewanee,
Macomb,
Minonk,
Moline,
Morton Morton may refer to:
People
* Morton (surname)
* Morton (given name)
Fictional
* Morton Koopa, Jr., a character and boss in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''
* A character in the ''Charlie and Lola'' franchise
* A character in the 2008 film '' Horton H ...
,
Normal Normal(s) or The Normal(s) may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Normal'' (2003 film), starring Jessica Lange and Tom Wilkinson
* ''Normal'' (2007 film), starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Kevin Zegers, Callum Keith Rennie, and Andrew Airlie
* ''Norma ...
,
Pekin,
Peoria,
Rock Island,
Silvis, and many smaller communities within the western part of
central Illinois
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.
The area code was created in 1957, and was one of the first area codes not serving an entire state, but having the digit ''0'' as the second digit of the code. It was the only new area code created in Illinois between the 1947 implementation start of a national numbering plan and the 1989 creation of
area code 708
Area codes 708 and 464 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the southern and western suburbs
of Chicago in the U.S. state of Illinois. The numbering plan area comprises most of western and southern Cook County ...
.
On October 24, 2021, area code 309 was transitioned to
ten-digit dialing
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, despite not being part of an
overlay numbering plan, in which multiple area codes are assigned to a numbering plan area. The area code had telephone numbers assigned for the
central office code
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988. In 2020, ''988'' was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
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Suicide prevention is a collection of efforts to reduce the risk of suicide. Suicide is often preven ...
, which created a conflict for exchanges that still permitted
seven-digit dialing
Seven-digit dialing is a telephone dialing procedure customary in some territories of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for dialing telephone numbers in the same numbering plan area (NPA). NANP telephone numbers consist of ten digits, of wh ...
.
NANPA exhaust projections for 309 in 2021 determined an exhaustion date in late 2023. For mitigation, a new all-services distributed overlay was announced with the new area code 861,
which is scheduled for operation on February 24, 2023.
NANPA Planning Letter No. 577
/ref> The earliest date central office codes may be requested is December 20, 2022, but only after all central office codes in area code 309 have been allocated.
Service area
Communities in the numbering plan area include:
* Abingdon
* Adair
* Albany
* Aledo
*Alexis Alexis may refer to:
People Mononym
* Alexis (poet) ( – ), a Greek comic poet
* Alexis (sculptor), an ancient Greek artist who lived around the 3rd or 4th century BC
* Alexis (singer) (born 1968), German pop singer
* Alexis (comics) (1946–1977 ...
*Alpha
Alpha (uppercase , lowercase ; grc, ἄλφα, ''álpha'', or ell, άλφα, álfa) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of one. Alpha is derived from the Phoenician letter aleph , whic ...
* Altona
*Anchor
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*Andalusia
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*Andover
Andover may refer to:
Places Australia
* Andover, Tasmania
Canada
* Andover Parish, New Brunswick
* Perth-Andover, New Brunswick
United Kingdom
* Andover, Hampshire, England
** RAF Andover, a former Royal Air Force station
United States
* Ando ...
* Annawan
* Armington
* Arrowsmith
* Astoria
*Atkinson Atkinson may refer to:
Places
*Atkinson, Nova Scotia, Canada
* Atkinson, Dominica, a village in Dominica
*Atkinson, Illinois, U.S.
* Atkinson, Indiana, U.S.
*Atkinson, Maine, U.S.
*Atkinson Lake, a lake in Minnesota, U.S.
*Atkinson, Nebraska, U. ...
* Avon
* Bardolph
* Barstow
* Bath
* Bellflower
*Benson Benson may refer to:
Animals
*Benson (fish), largest common carp caught in Britain
Places Geography
Canada
*Rural Municipality of Benson No. 35, Saskatchewan; rural municipality
*Benson, Saskatchewan; hamlet
United Kingdom
* Benson, Oxfordshire ...
* Berwick
* Biggsville
* Bishop Hill
* Blandinsville
* Bloomington
*Bradford
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* Brimfield
* Bryant
*Buda
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* Buffalo Prairie
* Bushnell
*Cambridge
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* Cameron
* Camp Grove
* Canton
* Carbon Cliff
* Carlock
*Carman
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* Castleton
* Chillicothe
* Coal Valley
*Colchester
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Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colches ...
* Colfax
* Colona
* Congerville
*Cooksville Cooksville may refer to:
Places
;Canada
* Cooksville (Mississauga), a neighbourhood in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
**Cooksville GO Station, a station in the GO Transit network located in the neighbourhood
**Mississauga East—Cooksville, an electo ...
* Cordova
* Creve Coeur
* Cropsey
*Cuba
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* Dahinda
* Danvers
* Deer Creek
* Delavan
* Downs
* Dumfermline
* Dunlap
* East Galesburg
* East Moline
*East Peoria
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sunrise, Sun rises on the Earth.
Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from ...
* Easton
*Edelstein Edelstein is the German word for "gemstone". Edelstein is also a surname of German origin which means "noble stone" or in its literal sense "precious stone".
Surname:
* People with this surname include:
** Arnold Edelstein, Austrian-American carto ...
*Edwards Edwards may refer to:
People
* Edwards (surname)
* Edwards family, a prominent family from Chile
* Edwards Barham (1937-2014), a former member of the Louisiana State Senate
* Edwards Pierrepont (1817–1892), an American attorney, jurist, and ora ...
*El Paso
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* Ellisville
* Ellsworth
* Elmwood
*Erie
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*Eureka
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* Fairview
* Farmer City
*Farmington
Farmington may refer to:
Places Canada
*Farmington, British Columbia
* Farmington, Nova Scotia (disambiguation)
United States
*Farmington, Arkansas
*Farmington, California
*Farmington, Connecticut
*Farmington, Delaware
* Farmington, Georgia
* ...
* Fenton
* Fiatt
* Forest City
* Galesburg
*Galva Galva may refer to:
Places
;United States
* Galva, Illinois
* Galva, Iowa
* Galva, Kansas
Galva is a city in McPherson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 834.
History
Early history
For ...
* Geneseo
* Gerlaw
* Gilson
*Gladstone
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*Glasford
Glasford is a village in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,022 at the 2010 census. Glasford is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Glasford or Glasco as it was called in 1868, was named fo ...
* Good Hope
* Goodfield
* Green Valley
* Gridley
* Groveland
*Hampton
Hampton may refer to:
Places Australia
*Hampton bioregion, an IBRA biogeographic region in Western Australia
*Hampton, New South Wales
*Hampton, Queensland, a town in the Toowoomba Region
* Hampton, Victoria
Canada
* Hampton, New Brunswick
*Ha ...
* Hanna City
*Havana
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*Henderson Henderson may refer to:
People
*Henderson (surname), description of the surname, and a list of people with the surname
*Clan Henderson, a Scottish clan
Places Argentina
*Henderson, Buenos Aires
Australia
*Henderson, Western Australia
Canada
* H ...
*Henry
Henry may refer to:
People
*Henry (given name)
* Henry (surname)
* Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry
Royalty
* Portuguese royalty
** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal
** Henry, Count of Portugal, ...
* Heyworth
* Hillsdale
* Hopedale
*Hudson
Hudson may refer to:
People
* Hudson (given name)
* Hudson (surname)
* Henry Hudson, English explorer
* Hudson (footballer, born 1986), Hudson Fernando Tobias de Carvalho, Brazilian football right-back
* Hudson (footballer, born 1988), Hudso ...
* Illinois City
*Industry
Industry may refer to:
Economics
* Industry (economics), a generally categorized branch of economic activity
* Industry (manufacturing), a specific branch of economic activity, typically in factories with machinery
* The wider industrial sector ...
* Ipava
*Joy
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Dictionary definitions
Dictionary definitions of joy typically include a sense of ...
* Keithsburg
* Kewanee
* Kilbourne
* Kingston Mines
* Kirkwood
*Knoxville
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* La Fayette
* La Rose
*Lacon Lacon can refer to:
;People:
* Demetrius Lacon (late 2nd century BC), Greek philosopher
* Lacon family, a Sardinian dynasty
* Lacon baronets, of the English baronetcy
* William Lacon (ca. 1540–1609), English politician
* Roland Lacon (ca. 1537 ...
* Laura
* Le Roy
* Lewistown
* Lexington
* Little York
* Littleton
*Liverpool
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* London Mills
* Low Point
* Lynn Center
* Mackinaw
* Macomb
* Manito
*Mapleton Mapleton may refer to:
Places Australia
* Mapleton, Queensland, a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region
Canada
* Mapleton, New Brunswick, a rural community in Kings County
* Mapleton, Moncton, New Brunswick, a neighborhood
* Maple ...
* Maquon
*Marietta
Marietta may refer to:
Places in the United States
*Marietta, Jacksonville, Florida
*Marietta, Georgia, the largest US city named Marietta
*Marietta, Illinois
*Marietta, Indiana
*Marietta, Kansas
*Marietta, Minnesota
*Marietta, Mississippi
*Mar ...
* Matherville
* Mc Lean
*Media
Media may refer to:
Communication
* Media (communication), tools used to deliver information or data
** Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising
** Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass el ...
* Merna
* Metamora
*Milan
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*Mineral
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*Minier
Minier is a French surname.
Origin
In French, the word means ''mining'', in the sense of ''pertaining or related to mining''.
Notable people
Notable people with this surname include:
* Christine Minier (born 1964), French singer
* Daniel D. M ...
* Minonk
* Moline
*Monmouth
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*Morton Morton may refer to:
People
* Morton (surname)
* Morton (given name)
Fictional
* Morton Koopa, Jr., a character and boss in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''
* A character in the ''Charlie and Lola'' franchise
* A character in the 2008 film '' Horton H ...
* Mossville
* Neponset
* New Boston
* New Windsor
*Normal Normal(s) or The Normal(s) may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Normal'' (2003 film), starring Jessica Lange and Tom Wilkinson
* ''Normal'' (2007 film), starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Kevin Zegers, Callum Keith Rennie, and Andrew Airlie
* ''Norma ...
* Norris
* North Henderson
*Oneida
Oneida may refer to:
Native American/First Nations
* Oneida people, a Native American/First Nations people and one of the five founding nations of the Iroquois Confederacy
* Oneida language
* Oneida Indian Nation, based in New York
* Oneida Na ...
*Oquawka
Oquawka is a village in Henderson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,371 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Henderson County.
Oquawka is part of the Burlington, IA–IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Geograph ...
* Orion
*Osco
The National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC) ( fa, شرکت ملی مناطق نفتخیز جنوب ایران, ''Shirkat-e Mily-e Minatâq-e Nuftxiz-e Jinvâb-e Iran'') is a government-owned corporation under the direction of the Ministry o ...
* Pekin
* Peoria
* Peoria Heights
*Plymouth
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Plymouth ...
* Port Byron
* Prairie City
* Preemption
* Princeville
* Rapids City
* Raritan
*Reynolds Reynolds may refer to:
Places Australia
*Hundred of Reynolds, a cadastral unit in South Australia
*Hundred of Reynolds (Northern Territory), a cadastral unit in the Northern Territory of Australia
United States
* Reynolds, Mendocino County, Calif ...
*Rio
Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese word for "river". When spoken on its own, the word often means Rio de Janeiro, a major city in Brazil.
Rio or Río may also refer to:
Geography Brazil
* Rio de Janeiro
* Rio do Sul, a ...
* Roanoke
* Rock Island
*Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
* Roseville
* St. Augustine
* St. David
* San Jose
* Saybrook
*Siota Siota is a region on the north side of Nggela Island at the western end of Utuhu Passage in the Central Province of Solomon Islands, a state in the southwest Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oc ...
* Seaton
*Secor
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* Sherrard
*Shirley
Shirley may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Shirley'' (novel), an 1849 novel by Charlotte Brontë
* ''Shirley'' (1922 film), a British silent film
* ''Shirley'' (2020 film), an American film
* ''Shirley'' (album), a 1961 album by Shirley Bas ...
* Silvis
* Smithfield
* Smithshire
* South Pekin
* Sparland
* Speer
*Stanford
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* Stronghurst
* Table Grove
* Taylor Ridge
*Tennessee
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*Topeka
Topeka ( ; Kansa: ; iow, Dópikˀe, script=Latn or ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeast Kansas, in the Central Uni ...
*Toulon
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* Towanda
* Tremont
* Trivoli
*Varna
Varna may refer to:
Places Europe
*Varna, Bulgaria, a city in Bulgaria
**Varna Province
**Varna Municipality
** Gulf of Varna
**Lake Varna
**Varna Necropolis
*Vahrn, or Varna, a municipality in Italy
*Varniai, a city in Lithuania
* Varna (Šaba ...
*Vermont
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*Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
*Viola
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*Washburn
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*Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
* Wataga
* Williamsfield
*Woodhull Woodhull may refer to:
* Woodhull, Illinois
* Woodhull, New York
* Woodhull Lake (New York)
* Woodhull Township, Michigan
* Woodhull, Wisconsin
* Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance, previously known as the Woodhull Freedom Foundation
* Woodhull Medica ...
*Wyoming
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* Yates City
See also
* List of Illinois area codes
This is a list of the area codes in the state of Illinois and the geographic area of each numbering plan area:
* 217/447: Central Illinois, and part of Southern Illinois running west from the Illinois-Indiana border through Danville, Effingham, ...
References
External links
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Telecommunications-related introductions in 1957