Area codes 937 and 326 are
telephone
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area codes in the
North American Numbering Plan
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(NANP) assigned to a
numbering plan area
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(NPA) that encompasses much of the southwestern part of the
U.S. state
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of
Ohio
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, including
Dayton
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and
Springfield. Area code 937 was established in September 1996, after a split of
area code 513
Area code 513 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the southwest of the U.S. state of Ohio, including Cincinnati and surrounding cities, such as Forest Park, Hamilton, Lebanon, West Chester, Mason, Mainevi ...
. Area code 326 was added to area code 937 in an
overlay plan
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in March 2020.
History
Area code 937 was created in a split of Ohio's original NPA for the southwestern part of the state (
area code 513
Area code 513 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the southwest of the U.S. state of Ohio, including Cincinnati and surrounding cities, such as Forest Park, Hamilton, Lebanon, West Chester, Mason, Mainevi ...
) on September 28, 1996. At the time, literature promoting the new area code took advantage of the fact that the digits of ''937''
spell out "YES" on a standard telephone keypad.
As of April 2018, projections by the
North American Numbering Plan Administrator
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expected that
telephone exchanges ("central office codes") would be
exhausted
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for area code 937 by the third quarter of 2020, so on July 3, 2018, area code 326 (which spells out "DAO" as in "DAyton, Ohio") was planned to
overlay the 937 area.
Beginning August 10, 2019, subscribers were encouraged to
dial ten digits for local calls within the area code. On February 8, 2020, traditional
seven-digit dialing
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ended. Customers attempting such calls receive an
intercept message
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. On March 8, 2020, area code 326 was activated.
Communities
Area codes 937 and 326 serve
Dayton
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, its
metropolitan area,
Springfield, public (non-
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) communications at
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
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, a few outer eastern suburbs of
Cincinnati
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, and most of southwest Ohio north and east of the
Cincinnati metropolitan area.
Communities served with a 2019 population greater than 10,000, and those that are
county seat
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s, include
Beavercreek,
Bellefontaine,
Centerville,
Clayton, Dayton,
Eaton,
Englewood,
Fairborn,
Franklin
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,
Georgetown,
Greenville,
Hillsboro,
Huber Heights,
Kettering
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,
Marysville,
Miamisburg
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,
Piqua,
Riverside,
Sidney,
Springboro, Springfield,
Tipp City
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,
Trotwood,
Troy
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,
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,
Vandalia,
West Carrollton,
West Union,
Wilmington and
Xenia.
Counties covered include all or parts of
Adams,
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,
Champaign
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,
Clark
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,
Clermont,
Clinton,
Darke,
Greene
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,
Hardin,
Highland
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,
Logan,
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,
Miami
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,
Montgomery,
Preble,
Ross,
Scioto,
Shelby,
Union
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and
Warren
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.
See also
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List of area code overlays
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An area code overlay is a numbering plan area (NPA) in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) that has multiple area codes assigned. Overlay plans are used to increase the number of available telephone numbers in a province, state, or re ...
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List of North American Numbering Plan area codes
The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) divides the territories of its members into geographic numbering plan areas (NPAs). Each NPA is identified by one or more numbering plan area codes (''NPA codes'', or ''area codes''), consisting of three di ...
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List of Ohio area codes
This is a list of area codes in the state of Ohio with establishment dates.
Background
When the first area code plan was introduced in 1947, the state was given area codes 216, 419, 513, and 614. In 1996, 330 and 937 were added as splits. In 1 ...
References
External links
List of exchanges from localcallingguide.com, 937 Area CodeList of exchanges from localcallingguide.com, 326 Area Code
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937
Year 937 ( CMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* A Hungarian army invades Burgundy, and burns the city of Tournus. Then they go southward ...
937
Year 937 ( CMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* A Hungarian army invades Burgundy, and burns the city of Tournus. Then they go southward ...
Telecommunications-related introductions in 1996
Telecommunications-related introductions in 2020