Area code 727

727 is an area code in these Florida areas:

Aripeka Bay Pines Bayonet Point Belleair Belleair Beach Belleair Bluffs Belleair Shores Clearwater Clearwater Beach Crossroads Crystal Beach Disston Plaza Dunedin Elfers Euclid Gulfport Holiday Home Shopping Hudson Indian Rocks Beach Indian Shores Johns Pass Kenneth City Largo Madeira Beach New Port Richey

North Redington Beach Odessa Oldsmar Ozona Palm Harbor Pasadena Pass A Grill Beach Pass A Grille Branch Pinellas Park Port Richey Redington Beach Redington Shores Safety Harbor Saint Pete Beach Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Bch Seminole Seven Springs South Pasadena St Pete Beach St Petersburg Beach Sunset Point Tarpon Springs Tierra Verde Treasure Island Trinity




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Area code 727 covers Pinellas County, Florida (including St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and Pinellas Park, among many other municipalities, but excluding the majority of Oldsmar), and the western third of Pasco County (including Port Richey, New Port Richey, and Holiday). For 43 years, the 13 counties around Tampa Bay, including cities such as Sarasota, Ellenton, and Port Charlotte were in area code 813. In 1998, Pinellas County and the western part of Pasco County were split into area code 727. Areas south of Hillsborough (and Tampa Bay itself) became area code 941.

727 was originally going to be introduced in an overlay plan, to overlay 813. Since overlays result in mixing area codes within the same area (issuing the new code to new numbers) and are often met with public resistance, GTE/Verizon switched the proposal to a split plan. 727 is the only palindromic area code in Florida.

See also

• List of Florida area codes
• List of NANP area codes
• North American Numbering Plan

References

• Florida's Area Code History

External links

• NANPA Area Code Map of Florida
• List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 727 Area Code

State of Florida area codes: 239, 305, 321, 352, 386, 407, 561, 727, 754, 772, 786, 813, 850, 863, 904, 941, 954
	North: 352
West: Gulf of Mexico	Area Code 727	East: 813
	South: 941

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