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Area code 620

 

620 is an area code in these Kansas areas:

    Abbyville

    Admire

    Alamota

    Albert

    Alden

    Allen

    Altamont

    Altoona

    Americus

    Angola

    Antelope

    Anthony

    Arcadia

    Argonia

    Arkansas City

    Arlington

    Arma

    Ashland

    Ashton

    Atlanta

    Attica

    Austin

    Badger

    Barber

    Barnesville

    Bartlett

    Bassett

    Baxter Spgs

    Baxter Springs

    Beaumont

    Belle Plaine

    Belmont

    Belpre

    Belvidere

    Benedict

    Beulah

    Big Bow

    Big Elk

    Bloom

    Bluff City

    Brazilton

    Bronson

    Bucklin

    Buffalo

    Buffville

    Buhler

    Burden

    Burdett

    Burlington

    Burns

    Burrton

    Bushong

    Bushton

    Buxton

    Byers

    Caldwell

    Cambridge

    Caney

    Canton

    Capaldo

    Carlyle

    Carmean

    Carona

    Cassoday

    Cato

    Cedar Point

    Cedar Vale

    Chanute

    Chase

    Chautauqua

    Cherokee

    Cherryvale

    Chetopa

    Cimarron

    Claflin

    Clements

    Climax

    Coalvale

    Coats

    Cockerill

    Coffeyville

    Coldwater

    Colony

    Columbus

    Conway

    Conway Springs

    Coolidge

    Copeland

    Corbin

    Corwin

    Cottonwood Falls

    Council Grove

    Coyville

    Crestline

    Croweburg

    Cullison

    Cunningham

    Curranville

    Danville

    Dearing

    Deerfield

    Dennis

    Devon

    Dexter

    Dighton

    Dodge City

    Drywood

    Dundee

    Dunlap

    Duquoin

    Durand

    Durham

    Earlton

    Edison

    Edna

    Elk City

    Elk Falls

    Elkhart

    Ellinwood

    Elmdale

    Elsmore

    Emporia

    Englewood

    Ensign

    Erie

    Eureka

    Fall River

    Farlington

    Fellsburg

    Florence

    Ford

    Fort Dodge

    Fort Larned National History

    Fort Scott

    Fowler

    Franklin

    Fredonia

    Freeport

    Friend

    Frontenac

    Fulton

    Galena

    Galesburg

    Galva

    Garden City

    Garfield

    Garland

    Gas

    Geneseo

    Geuda Springs

    Girard

    Goessel

    Great Bend

    Green Bush

    Greenbush

    Greensburg

    Grenola

    Gridley

    Gross

    Guilford

    Hallowell

    Hamilton

    Hanston

    Harding

    Hardtner

    Harper

    Hartford

    Havana

    Haven

    Haviland

    Hazelton

    Healy

    Heizer

    Hepler

    Hesston

    Hewins

    Hiattville

    Hilford

    Hillsboro

    Hoisington

    Holcomb

    Howard

    Hudson

    Hugoton

    Humboldt

    Hunnewell

    Hutchinson

    Independence

    Ingalls

    Inman

    Iola

    Isabel

    Jetmore

    Johnson

    Kalvesta

    Kendall

    Kincaid

    Kingman

    Kingsdown

    Kinsley

    Kiowa

    Kismet

    La Harpe

    Labette

    Lafontaine

    Lake City

    Lakin

    Lamont

    Langdon

    Larned

    Latham

    Lawton

    Le Roy

    Lebo

    Lehigh

    Leoti

    Lewis

    Liberal

    Liberty

    Lincolnville

    Little River

    Longton

    Lowell

    Lyons

    Macksville

    Madison

    Manter

    Maple City

    Mapleton

    Marienthal

    Marion

    Matfield Green

    Mayfield

    Mc Connell Afb

    Mc Cune

    Mc Pherson

    Mcconnell Afb

    Mccune

    Mcpherson

    Meade

    Medicine Lodge

    Medora

    Melrose

    Milan

    Milton

    Mineral

    Minneola

    Modoc

    Moline

    Monmouth

    Montezuma

    Moran

    Morehead

    Moscow

    Mound Valley

    Moundridge

    Mulberry

    Mullinville

    Murdock

    Nashville

    Neal

    Neodesha

    Neosho Falls

    Neosho Rapids

    Neutral

    New Albany

    New Salem

    New Strawn

    Newton

    Nickerson

    Niotaze

    North Newton

    Norwich

    Odin

    Offerle

    Olmitz

    Olpe

    Opolis

    Oswego

    Oxford

    Parsons

    Partridge

    Pawnee Rock

    Pawnee Station

    Peabody

    Penalosa

    Peru

    Petrolia

    Piedmont

    Pierceville

    Piqua

    Pittsburg

    Plains

    Plevna

    Porterville

    Pratt

    Preston

    Pretty Prairie

    Protection

    Quaker

    Radium

    Radley

    Rago

    Raymond

    Reading

    Redfield

    Reece

    Richfield

    Ringo

    Riverdale

    Riverton

    Rock

    Rolla

    Roper

    Rosalia

    Rose

    Roseland

    Rozel

    S Hutchinson

    Saint John

    Saint Paul

    Satanta

    Savonburg

    Sawyer

    Scammon

    Scott City

    Sedan

    Selkirk

    Severy

    Seward

    Sharon

    Sherwin

    Shields

    Sieboldt

    Silverdale

    Sims

    Skidmore

    So Hutchinson

    South Haven

    South Hutchinson

    Spearville

    Spivey

    Spring Grove

    St John

    St Paul

    Stafford

    Stark

    Sterling

    Stippville

    Strauss

    Strong City

    Sublette

    Sun City

    Susank

    Sycamore

    Sylvia

    Syracuse

    Tampa

    Thayer

    Toronto

    Treece

    Tribune

    Trousdale

    Turon

    Tyro

    Udall

    Ulysses

    Uniontown

    Vernon

    Viola

    Virgil

    Waldron

    Walnut

    Walton

    Weir

    Wellington

    West Mineral

    Wichita

    Wilmore

    Windom

    Winfield

    Wright

    Xenia

    Yates Center

    Yoder

    Zenda

    Zimmerdale



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Wikipedia: Area code 620
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Area Code 620 is the area code for telephone exchanges in most of southern Kansas, with the exception of the city of Wichita and the surrounding area. The area code stretches from the Colorado state line on the west to the Missouri state line on the east.

The largest cities covered by the area code are Dodge City, Garden City and Hutchinson.

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History of area codes in Kansas

Despite a relatively small population, Kansas was scheduled to receive two area codes under the original North American Numbering Plan proposal from the Bell Telephone Company in 1946. Originally, area codes would follow sequentially based on geography, and under the 1946 plan, Kansas would receive area codes 617 and 618.(1)

In October 1947, the final plan was adopted, and Kansas still had its two area codes, although the numbers had been radically altered from the original plan. The southern half of the state (Dodge City, Emporia, Garden City, Wichita) would receive 316, while the northern half (Kansas City, Topeka, Lawrence, Salina, Hays) would receive 913. All long-distance calls using area codes would not be implemented until late in 1951.

Kansas goes from two area codes to four

The two area codes of Kansas remained constant for more than 40 years, but by the mid-1990s, the proliferation of cell phones, the population explosion in the Kansas City metropolitan area (most notably Johnson County), and deregulation due to the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the exchanges for area code 913 were quickly being exhausted.

Late in 1996, the Kansas Corporation Commission, which oversees telecommunications in the state, requested relief from the NANPA for the exchanges of area code 913, and on February 12, 1997, the NANPA responded by splitting off most of northern Kansas from area code 913 into the new area code 785. From July 20, 1997 through October 2, 1998, a period of permissive dialing was in use, allowing customers affected by the new area code to use either 913 or 785 when dialing long-distance. At 12:01 a.m. on October 3, 1998, the 785 area code became mandatory in the new calling area.

The southern half of the state would soon follow. With a similar proliferation of cell phones, especially in and around Wichita, the KCC requested relief for area code 316. On September 21, 2000, the NANPA announced relief by splitting off most of southern Kansas and giving it the new 620 area code. A period of permissive dialing was initiated on February 3, 2001, where numbers in the affected area could be dialed using 316 or 620. The use of 620 became mandatory on November 3, 2001.

Major cities in area code 620

Boundaries of area code 620

The boundary between area codes 620 and 785 runs from west to east roughly following a path along K-4 and K-96. The code boundary dips along I-135 in McPherson County and continues east to just north of Emporia in Lyon County along the Kansas Turnpike, where the boundaries of area codes 620, 785 and 913 meet. Area code 620 then shares its northern boundary with that of area code 913 to the Missouri state line.

All of Sedgwick County, along with parts of Butler and Harvey counties remain in area code 316.

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State of Kansas area codes: 316, 620, 785, 913
North: 785, 913
West: 719 area code 620 completely surrounds 316 East: 417
South: 580, 918
State of Colorado area codes: 303, 719, 720, 970
State of Missouri area codes: 314, 417, 573, 636, 660, 816
State of Oklahoma Area Codes: 405, 580, 918



 
 

 

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