Area code 321 is the

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serving

Brevard County, Florida Brevard County ( ) is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 606,612, making it the 10th-most populated county in Florida. The official county seat is located in Ti ...

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Region and

Seminole County, Florida Seminole County (, ) is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 470,856. Its county seat and largest city is Sanford. Seminole County is part of the Orlando-Kissimmee-S ...

. The area code has been in use since November 1, 1999; it was assigned to Florida (instead of suburban Chicago) after a successful petition led by local resident Robert Osband to commemorate the

's impact on Brevard County. The code refers to the

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sequence which has launched many

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from

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. When it was activated in 2000, area code 321 was used as an overlay for most of

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in the

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area, except for the small portion of

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that includes

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which was in 407 at the time (it is now in 386). However, no 321 numbers were issued in the 407 area from 2003 until 2015, when 321 numbers were issued for cell phones in

Osceola Osceola (1804 – January 30, 1838, Asi-yahola in Muscogee language, Creek), named Billy Powell at birth in Alabama, became an influential leader of the Seminole people in Florida. His mother was Muscogee, and his great-grandfather was a S ...

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, and

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counties due to high demand. With the 407/689 overlay, 321 remains frozen in the Orlando area with new 321 numbers again being assigned only in Brevard County. Area code 321 is also the NPA used for SatCom Satellite Phone units. All such calls go through the service's

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data center. (The company headquarters are in Melbourne.) Harris/Caprock Corporation has maritime satellite calls going through its corporate call center in Melbourne. This area code contains numbers using the

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988 (e.g. 988-0199), which could have created conflicts given the designation of 988 as a three-digit code for the

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. As a result, in 2020, the

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ordered a total of 82 area codes, including 321, to transition to

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for customers in the 321-only area not overlaid by 407. Per the timeline set by the

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Administrator,

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began April 24, 2021, and 10-digit dialing was required on October 24, 2021.

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Florida's Area Code History

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Brevard County, Florida Telecommunications-related introductions in 1999 1999 establishments in Florida {{areacode-stub

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