Area code 863

863 is an area code in these Florida areas:

Alturas Arcadia Auburndale Avon Park Avon Park Afb Avon Park Lakes Avon Pk Babson Park Bartow Basinger Bowling Green Bradley Championsgate Clewiston Connersville Cypress Gardens Cypress Gdns Davenport Dixieland Duette Dundee Eagle Lake Eaton Park Eloise Fedhaven Felda Florence Villa Fort Meade Fort Ogden Frostproof Ft Ogden Gibsonia Gordonville Grenelefe Haines City Haines Cty Hamilton Highland City Homeland Indian Lake Estates Jan Phyl Village Jpv

Kathleen La Belle Labelle Lake Alfred Lake Garfield Lake Hamilton Lake Jackson Branch Lake Placid Lake Suzy Lake Wales Lakeland Lakeshore Lehigh Lehigh Acres Lk Placid Lk Wales Lorida Loughman Moore Haven Mulberry Nalcrest Nichols Nocatee Okeechobee Ona Palmdale Polk City River Ranch Sebring Sidell South Lake Wales State Farm Ins Venus Wachula Wahneta Wauchula Waverly West Frost Proof West Lake Wales Winter Haven Winter Hvn Zolfo Springs




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863 is the telephone area code in Florida which covers the Heartland, as well as Polk County in Central Florida. Some of the larger and more notable cities in the 863 area code include Lakeland, Bartow, Winter Haven, Lake Wales, Sebring, Clewiston and Poinciana and Okeechobee City

Contents 1 Description 2 History 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

Description

Area code 863 covers the total area of the following counties: Polk, Hardee, Highlands, Glades, and Hendry. Almost the entire area of De Soto and Okeechobee counties are in the 863 area code as well. A tiny, nearly unpopulated area of St. Lucie county is also in the 863 area. Along with the small town of Auburndale in polk county

History

The region currently belonging to Area code 863 was originally part of Area code 305, which covered the entire state of Florida. In 1953, the state of Florida split into three Area codes, the original being retained in the Southeast coast, Area code 904 allocated to Northern Florida, and Area code 813 given to the southwest coast including the current 863 area, as well as the entire southwest Florida coast, including the Tampa Bay area. The 813 area code was untouched for 43 years until 1996 when the 13 counties outside of the immediate Tampa Bay area (all but Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco counties) were given the Area code 941. In 1999, the 863 area code took its current form as the coastal counties of the 941 Area code kept 941, while the rest were given the new 863 area code.

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, 863 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: 321/407, 352
West: 813, 941	Area code 863	East: 561, 772
	South: 239, 754/954

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