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Area code 816

 

816 is an area code in these Missouri areas:

    Adrian

    Agency

    Amazonia

    Amity

    Archie

    Att

    Austin

    Avondale

    Bates City

    Belton

    Birmingham

    Blue Springs

    Bolckow

    Buckner

    Camden

    Camden Point

    Cameron

    Census Bureau

    Centerre Bank Of Kc

    Clarksdale

    Cleveland

    Commerce Bank

    Cosby

    Crystal Lakes

    Ctc Corporation

    De Kalb

    Dearborn

    Drexel

    East Lynne

    Easton

    Edgerton

    Elmira

    Ex Spgs

    Ex Sprgs

    Ex Springs

    Excelsior Est

    Excelsior Spg

    Excelsior Springs

    Fairport

    Farley

    Faucett

    Federal Reserve

    Ferrelview

    Fillmore

    Firmzip

    First National Bank

    Freeman

    Ft Osage

    Garden City

    Gas Service Co

    Gladstone

    Gower

    Grain Valley

    Grandview

    Greenwood

    Gunn City

    Hamilton

    Harrisonville

    Helena

    Hemple

    Henrietta

    Holden

    Holt

    Homestead Vlg

    Houston Lake

    I R S Service Center

    Independence

    Internal Revenue Service

    Irs Service Center

    K C

    Kans City

    Kans Cty

    Kans Cy

    Kansas City

    Kansas City North

    Kansas Cty

    Kansas Cy

    Kc

    Kearney

    Kidder

    Kingston

    Kingsville

    Ks City

    Lake Annette

    Lake Lafayette

    Lake Lotawana

    Lake Tapawingo

    Lake Waukomis

    Lake Winnebago

    Lathrop

    Latour

    Lawson

    Lees Summit

    Levasy

    Liberty

    Lk Lotawana

    Lone Jack

    Ls

    Marine Corps Finance Center

    Martin City

    Maysville

    Midwest Service Center

    Missouri City

    Mosby

    N Kansas City

    N Kc

    Napoleon

    Nkc

    No Kansas City

    North Kansas City

    North Kc

    Oak Grove

    Oakview

    Odessa

    Orrick

    Osborn

    Paradise

    Parkville

    Peculiar

    Philatelic Distribution Ctr

    Platte City

    Platte Woods

    Plattsburg

    Pleasant Hill

    Pleasant Valley

    Randolph

    Raymore

    Raytown

    Rayville

    Rea

    Richmond

    Riverside

    Rosendale

    Rushville

    Saint Joseph

    Savannah

    Sibley

    Smithville

    Southwestern Bell Telephone

    St Joseph

    Stewartsville

    Strasburg

    Sugar Creek

    Taos

    Tracy

    Trimble

    Turney

    Union Star

    United Missouri Bank

    Unity School Of Christianity

    Unity Village

    Unity Vlg

    Village Of Oakview

    Waldron

    Weatherby

    Weatherby Lake

    Wellington

    West Line

    Weston

    Winthrop

    Wood Heights



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Area Code 816 is an area code in the state of Missouri that covers the Kansas City Metropolitan Area and the city of St. Joseph to the north. The area code used to cover most of northwestern Missouri to the state's borders with Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska, but currently, the area code only shares a border with Kansas to the west and is surrounded on the other three sides by area code 660, the area code that was created by shearing off most of the former territory covered by 816.

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History of area codes in Missouri

When the North American Numbering Plan Administration came out with its first map of area codes in 1947, Missouri was assigned just two area codes, with 816 covering the western half of the state and area code 314 covering the eastern half. However, before the implementation of area codes was made final in late 1951, the original two-code plan for Missouri was changed to three codes, as area code 417 was carved out for the southwestern portion of the state, including the cities of Branson, Joplin and Springfield.

Missouri joins the new area code trend

By late 1996, due to deregulation caused by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the proliferation of cell phones, especially in the Kansas City area, Missouri was faced with yet another area code split. Just two years earlier, area code 314 had to be split, leaving the new area code 573 for the southeastern and central portions of the state, including the cities of Jefferson City, Cape Girardeau, Columbia, and Hannibal, leaving 314 in the areas around St. Louis.

In early 1997, the Missouri Public Service Commission, which oversees telecommunications in the state, held hearings regarding a possible split of the area code. The original recommendation of the Missouri PSC was to keep 816 for the Kansas City area and assign a new area code to the rest of the calling area, as it would cause the least disruption. (1)

On June 4, 1997, the Missouri PSC announced that starting on October 12 of that year, that a period of permissive dialing would commence for those areas that were to receive the new area code 660, meaning that calls could be completed using either 660 or 816. On April 19, 1998, 660 became mandatory for all calls in the affected area. (2)

In 2000, the Missouri PSC announced plans to add 975 as an overlay of the 816 area code, but soon postponed indefinitely the May 5, 2002, implementation date when the commission determined no immediate need for additional phone numbers.

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State of Missouri area codes: 314, 417, 573, 636, 660, 816
North: 660
West: 785, 913 area code 816 East: 660
South: 660
State of Kansas area codes: 316, 620, 785, 913



 
 

 

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