Area code 941 is an area code in Florida. Introduced on March 3, 1996,
it includes the counties of
Manatee
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,
Sarasota
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, and
Charlotte
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, areas along the
Sun Coast of southwestern
Florida
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,
USA
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. It is the area code for
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
DeSoto County,
Charlotte County,
Hardee County
Hardee County is a county located in the Florida Heartland, Central Florida region U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,327. Its county seat is Wauchula.
Hardee County comprises the Wauchula, FL Micropolitan St ...
,
Polk County Polk County is the name of twelve counties in the United States, all except two named after president of the United States James Knox Polk:
* Polk County, Arkansas
* Polk County, Florida
* Polk County, Georgia
* Polk County, Iowa
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,
Okeechobee County
Okeechobee County () is a county located in the Florida Heartland region of the state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,644. The county seat is Okeechobee.
Okeechobee County comprises the Okeechobee, FL Micropolitan St ...
,
Glades County, and
Hendry County were part of this area code until 1999, when
area code 863 was created,
[ and Lee County and ]Collier County
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were part of 941 until March 2003 when area code 239
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was created. Before the 941 area code, the region was originally 305, then area code 813.
Prior to October 2021, area code 941 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
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (formerly known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) is a United States-based suicide prevention
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, which created a conflict for exchanges that permit 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 ...
. This area code was therefore scheduled to transition to ten-digit dialing
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by October 24, 2021.
See also
*List of Florida area codes
This is a list of area codes in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2022, Florida is serviced with twenty telephone area codes, having reserved two additional codes in planning stages.
When the first nationwide telephone numbering plan was introdu ...
*List of NANP 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 ...
*North American Numbering Plan
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References
External links
Florida's Area Code History (1947 - 1998)
941
941
Telecommunications-related introductions in 1996
1996 establishments in Florida
South Florida
Manatee County, Florida
Sarasota, Florida
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