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Area code 219

 

219 is an area code in these Indiana areas:

    Belshaw

    Beverly Shores

    Boone Grove

    Brook

    Brunswick

    Burns Harbor

    Cedar Lake

    Chalmers

    Chesterton

    City

    Collegeville

    Cook

    Creston

    Crown Point

    Demotte

    Dyer

    Earl Park

    East Chicago

    Fair Oaks

    Francesville

    Gary

    Goodland

    Griffith

    Hammond

    Haskells

    Hebron

    Hessville

    Highland

    Hobart

    Kentland

    Kersey

    Kouts

    La Crosse

    Lake Dalecarlia

    Lake Station

    Lake Village

    Lakes Of Four Seasons

    Leroy

    Long Beach

    Lowell

    Medaryville

    Merrillville

    Mich City

    Michiana Shores

    Michigan City

    Monon

    Morocco

    Mount Ayr

    Munster

    New Chicago

    New Elliott

    North Hayden

    Ogden Dunes

    Palmer

    Part Of 219 Became 260 Or 574 - Jan '02

    Portage

    Porter

    Remington

    Rensselaer

    Reynolds

    Robertsdale

    Roselawn

    Saint John

    San Pierre

    Schererville

    Schneider

    Shelby

    South Calumet Avenue

    South Wanatah

    St John

    Sumava Resorts

    Tefft

    Thayer

    Thomaston

    Trail Creek

    Valparaiso

    Valpo

    Wanatah

    Wheatfield

    Wheeler

    Whiting

    Wolcott



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219 is the North American telephone area code for Northwest Indiana that includes Lake, Porter, La Porte, Newton, and Jasper counties. The area code includes such cities as Schererville, Lake Station, Crown Point, Cedar Lake, Hobart, Whiting, Gary, Hammond, East Chicago, Merrillville, Munster, Griffith, Highland, Portage, Valparaiso, Michigan City, St. John, and La Porte. It is largely coextensive with the Indiana side of the Chicago metropolitan area.

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History

In 1948, area code 317 was split into northern and central sections. Central Indiana retained the 317 area code, and Northern Indiana received the new 219. This made it the first new area code created after the original system went into effect a year earlier in 1947. Eventual depletion of numbers by the end of the 20th century prompted a three-way split of the area code. A random drawing was held to determine which region would retain 219, and Northwest Indiana was selected. area code 574 was then assigned to the north-central area (South Bend), and area code 260 to the northeast including (Fort Wayne). The area codes split on January 15, 2002, with mandatory dialing taking effect on June 14, 2002.[1]

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  1. ^ http://www.sbc.com/gen/general?pid=1718&phase=check SBC information. Accessed May 11, 2006
State of Indiana area codes: 219, 260, 317, 574, 765, 812
North: 269, Lake Michigan
West: 708, 773, 872 and 815/779 area code 219 East: 574
South: 765
State of Michigan area codes: 231, 248, 269, 313, 517, 586, 616, 734, 810, 906, 947, 989
State of Illinois area codes: 217, 224, 309, 312, 331, 618, 630, 708, 773, 779, 815, 847, 872


 
 

 

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