Area code 440 is a

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for the state of

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, serving parts of the

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area, but not the city of

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or most of its

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s. This area code was established August 16, 1997. Area code 440 was formed by a three-way split of

Area code 216 Area code 216 is the telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the city of Cleveland and most of its inner-ring suburbs in Cuyahoga County of the U.S. state of Ohio. The area code is one of the original North American ar ...

, one of the original

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codes.

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was created in 1996 from the southern part of 216 and 440 was added the following year to keep up with the increasing number of

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, as well as population factors.

Coverage

Area code 440 serves most of the southern, western, and eastern suburbs of Cleveland, including the larger cities and communities of

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, Eastlake,

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, Lorain,

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, Westlake and Willoughby. 440 covers all of

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and

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counties. It serves almost all of Ashtabula and Lorain counties, part of Erie County, the northeast corner of Huron County, and the northwest part of

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. The largest city it serves is Parma, Ohio. It also covers far eastern

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, the rest of which stayed in 216. The 440 area is just barely contiguous, joined by a small section in the south. Prior to October 2021, area code 440 had telephone numbers assigned for the

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988. In 2020, ''988'' was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the

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, which created a conflict for exchanges that permit

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. This area code was therefore scheduled to transition to

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by October 24, 2021. In December 2022, the

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announced the available list of telephone numbers in the 440 area code was projected to be exhausted by the third quarter of 2024, and approved a new area code overlay for the 440 coverage area.

References

External links

List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 440 Area Code
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Ashtabula County, Ohio Cuyahoga County, Ohio Erie County, Ohio Geauga County, Ohio Huron County, Ohio Lake County, Ohio Lorain County, Ohio Trumbull County, Ohio

Coverage

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