Area codes 754 and 954

954 is an area code in these Florida areas:

American Express Bonaventure Broward Mall City Of Sunrise Coconut Creek Cooper City Coral Springs Dania Dania Beach Davie Deerfield Beach Everglades Br Financial Plaza Fort Lauderdale Ft Lauderdale Golden Isles Golden Isles Postal Store Hallandale Hallandale Beach Hillcrest Hillsboro Beach Hollywood Inverrary Laud By The Sea Lauder Hill Lauderdale By The Sea Lauderdale Isles

Lauderdale Lakes Lauderhill Lazy Lake Ldhl Lighthouse Point Margate Melrose Vista Miramar North Lauderdale Oakland Park One Financial Plaza Parkland Pembroke Lakes Pembroke Park Pembroke Pines Plantation Pompano Beach Port Everglades Sea Ranch Lakes South Florida Southwest Ranches Sunrise Tamarac University West Hollywood Weston Wilton Manors




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Area codes 754 and 954 are the area codes for Broward County, Florida.

The 954 code went into service on September 11, 1995, for all telephones within Broward County, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. The area code was split from area code 305, which had been used since the introduction of the area code system in 1947.

In November 2000, the Florida Public Service Commission approved the use of an overlay area code to service Broward County, after a telecommunications industry group sought alternatives to relieve the strain on the county. It was projected that area code 954 was to be exhausted by third quarter of 2002. The North American Numbering Plan Administration announced on December 4, 2000 that number 754 was assigned to Broward County.^[1] The area code was activated on August 1, 2001^[2] and began use on April 1, 2002.^[3] The second area code made ten-digit dialing mandatory.

Upon activation, area code 954 had the distinction of being the only area code in the state of Florida to encompass only one county.

Notable cities within 754 and 954 are Fort Lauderdale, Sunrise, Hollywood, Weston, Pompano Beach, Coral Springs, and Pembroke Pines.

References

1. ^ "Area Code Relief Planned for Southeast Florida". North American Numbering Plan Administration. 2000-12-04. http://www.nanpa.com/press_releases/pr_120400.html. Retrieved 2007-01-08. 
2. ^ North American Numbering Plan Administration (NANPA) (2001-08-04). "NPA 754 To Overlay NPA 954 (Southeast Florida)" (PDF). http://www.nanpa.com/pdf/pl-nanp-291.pdf. Retrieved 2007-01-08. 
3. ^ Ostrow, Nicole (2002-03-26). "No Joke: 10-Digit Dialing at Hand". Sun-Sentinel: p. Local 1A. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/111548810.html?dids=111548810:111548810&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+26%2C+2002&author=Nicole+Ostrow+Business+Writer&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&edition=&startpage=1.A&desc=NO+JOKE%3A+10-DIGIT+DIALING+AT+HAND+. Retrieved 2007-01-08. 

See also

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

External links

• NANPA Area Code Map of Florida
• List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 754 Area Code
• List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 954 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: 561
West: 239, 863	area code 754/954	East: 242, Atlantic Ocean
	South: 305/786

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