Area codes 305, 786, and 645 are telephone

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s in the

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(NANP) for

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, and the part of Monroe County in the

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in the United States. The mainland portion of Monroe County is served by area code 239.

History

In 1947, the

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(AT&T) announced the first nationwide

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and divided the United States and Canada into 86 numbering plan areas and assigned the

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, a unique code for each area, to speed the connection times for

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. The state of Florida was a single numbering plan area with area code 305. In 1953, with the development of

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, the western part of the peninsula from the

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south, which was serviced mostly by

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(GTE), was designated as a separate numbering plan area with

area code 813 Area codes 813 and 656 are area codes in the North American Numbering Plan for the U.S. state of Florida in the city of Tampa, Florida, and its surrounding areas, such as Zephyrhills and Oldsmar. In 2022, due to exhaustion of central office pre ...

. As a result of the increase in the state's population,

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from the

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was assigned

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with a permissive dialing period beginning July 6, 1965, and mandatory dialing beginning January 1, 1966. On April 16, 1988, the east coast of Florida from

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north through

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, as well as the

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metropolitan area, was assigned

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. On September 11, 1995,

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was split from 305 and assigned

area code 954 Area codes 954 and 754 are the telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for Broward County, Florida. Notable cities in the numbering plan area are Fort Lauderdale, Plantation, Hollywood, Parkland, Sunrise, Pompano Beach, ...

. It was predicted that the new area code would delay but not prevent phone numbers in the 305 area code from being completely used up in a few years.Whitefield, Mimi; Fields, Gregg (September 3, 1995).
A New Ring
. ''The Miami Herard''. p. 1B, 2B. Within two years, the reconfigured area code 305 was close to exhaustion due to growth in Dade County from the increasing popularity of

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and

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s. In mitigation, area code 786 was installed as an overlay on March 1, 1998.Miami-Dade County adds a second area code: 786
. ''Bell South''. Boca Raton News (Boca Raton, Florida). April 26, 1998. p. 11. The overlay numbering plan area originally comprised only

, although it was clear the remainder of area code 305 would eventually be overlaid with area code 786. Monroe County was added to area code 786 on September 1, 2001."NANP Area Code History: 1998"
. Retrieved December 27, 2007. The Florida Public Service Commission approved a third area code for the Miami region on February 25, 2022. Area code 645 was activated on August 4, 2023, before the anticipated exhaust of central office codes in 305 and 786, which was likely to occur in 2023.

In popular culture

* Recording artist Armando Pérez, better known as Pitbull, was born and raised in Miami, and has nicknamed himself "Mr. 305." * Spanish singer

Enrique Iglesias Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (; born 8 May 1975) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. He started his recording career in the mid-1990s on the Mexican label Fonovisa where he released three Spanish albums ''Enrique Iglesias (album), Enrique ...

, who resides in Miami, formerly used "@enrique305" as his account name on Twitter. * A web-based magazine in Miami is called ''305 Magazine''.

References

External links

* {{Area code box , Width=70%, State = FL , This = 305/786/645 , N = 754/954 , S =

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, E = 242 (The Bahamas) , W =

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1947 establishments in Florida 1998 establishments in Florida

History

In popular culture

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