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area code 915 is a

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Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

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for

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numbers in the

El Paso El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the seat of El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the 23rd-largest city in the U.S., the ...

area. It is one of the original area codes established in October 1947. Originally, it covered the north-western part of the state, north of Austin and west of Fort Worth, and stretched from the Oklahoma border to the

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border. This once-vast area code was split thrice, as follows: *In 1954, nearly the entire eastern portion (

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and the South Plains) was combined with Fort Worth and the western portion of

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in a flash cut as area code 817. *In 1957, most of the northeastern portion (the

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) was merged with the western portion of 817 to form area code 806. *In 2003, it was reduced to its current size in a three-way split with the western portion retaining area code 915, the eastern portion ( Abilene,

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, etc.) becoming 325, and the central portion (the Permian Basin) becoming

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. Counties currently served by area code 915 are Culberson,

, and Hudspeth. It is the only area code in Texas that is predominantly in th
Mountain Time Zone.
Towns and cities currently served by area code 915 include

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, Canutillo, Clint, Dell City,

, Fabens, Fort Hancock, Horizon City, Salt Flat, San Elizario, Sierra Blanca, Socorro, Tornillo, and Van Horn.

Ten-digit dialing

Prior to October 2021, area code 915 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

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 ...

. This area code was therefore scheduled to transition to

ten-digit dialing Ten-digit dialing is a telephone dialing procedure in the countries and territories that are members of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP). It is the practice of including the area code of a telephone number when dialing to initiate a telep ...

by October 24, 2021.

References

External links

List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 915 Area Code
{{DEFAULTSORT:Area Code 915 915 915 El Paso, Texas Telecommunications-related introductions in 1947

Ten-digit dialing

See also

References

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