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Area code 772 is a telephone
Area code 772 is a telephone area code
A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints. Telephone numbers are the addresses of participants in a telephone network, re ...
in the North American Numbering Plan
The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a telephone numbering plan for twenty-five regions in twenty countries, primarily in North America and the Caribbean. This group is historically known as World Zone 1 and has the international calling ...
(NANP) for the Treasure Coast
The Treasure Coast is a region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is located on Florida's East Coast, bordering the Atlantic Ocean and comprising Indian River, Martin, and St. Lucie counties. The region, whose name refers to the Spanish Treasur ...
of the U.S. state
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of Florida
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. The numbering plan area (NPA) includes Sebastian
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, Fellsmere, Vero Beach
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, Fort Pierce
Fort Pierce is a city in and the county seat of St. Lucie County, Florida, United States. The city is part of the Treasure Coast region of Atlantic Coast Florida. It is also known as the Sunrise City, sister to San Francisco, California, the Sunse ...
, Port St. Lucie, Jensen Beach
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, Stuart
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, Hobe Sound
Hobe Sound is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Martin County, Florida, United States, located along Florida's Treasure Coast. The population was 13,163 at the 2020 census, up from 11,521 in 2010.
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, Indiantown, and other areas in east central Florida. The area code was created in 2002 in a split from area code 561
Area code 561 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for Palm Beach County, Florida, Palm Beach County in the U.S. state of Florida. It was created on May 13, 1996, in a split of area code 407. The numbering plan area ...
, when the telephone number pool exhausted due in part to the increase of cell phone users.
The Treasure Coast was served by four different area codes in about a 15-year span. For 41 years the area was part of area code 305
Area codes 305 and 786 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for all of Miami, Florida, Miami-Dade County, and the part of Monroe County in the Florida Keys in the United States. The mainland portion of Monroe C ...
, until it became part of area code 407
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in 1988. After belonging to NPA 561 since 1996, it finally split off with area code 772 in 2002. Today, despite the Treasure Coast's rapid growth, 772 is nowhere near exhaustion; NANP projections estimate that the region will not need another area code until at least 2049.
In pop-culture, this area code is referenced in YNW Melly
Jamell Maurice Demons (born May 1, 1999), known professionally as YNW Melly (initialism for Young Nigga World Melly), is an American rapper and singer. He is best known for his songs " Murder on My Mind", "Mixed Personalities" (featuring Kany ...
’s 772 Love.
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 ...
External links
772 772 2002 establishments in Florida Treasure Coast {{areacode-stub