Area code 360 was added as a split from area code 206 (at that time, the whole of western Washington) on January 15, 1995. Permissive dialing ended August 20, 1995.
Fun fact: 360 was one of the first two area codes that did not have 0 or 1 as the middle digit. Area code 334 was added in Alabama on the same day that 360 went into service.
Area code +1 360 is in western Washington state, excluding the Seattle/Tacoma metro area.
Whidbey Island, Washington (State), USA, is in area code +1 360.
Area code 360 serves most of western Washington State, excluding the Seattle/Tacoma metropolitan area (area codes 206, 253, and 425). See the related link for a map.
North American area code +1 360 is western Washington State outside the Seattle/Tacoma metropolitan area. It includes Bellingham, Olympia, and Vancouver WA.
Originally, 206 was the area code for the entire state of Washington. However, Washington now has five area codes:509 = roughly the eastern half of the state, including Spokane206 = Seattle425 = suburbs north and east of Seattle, including Everett and Redmond253 = suburbs south of Seattle, including Tacoma360 = the rest of western Washington, incuding Olympia, Vancouver, and BellinghamThere was a proposal to add an overlay area code for 360, but it has been postponed indefinitely.
Area code 360 covers that famous area of Philadelphia called "western Washington State, excluding the Seattle metro area."Philadelphia and the inner suburbs use area codes 215 and 267. The outer suburbs use area codes 610 and 484.
Washington state's area is 71,400 square miles.
Tacoma was in area code 206 until April 27, 1997. From 1947 through 1956, area code 206 served the entire state of Washington. On January 1, 1957, area code 509 was created for the eastern and central part of the state. From 1957 until 1995, area code 206 continued to serve the western part of the state, including Tacoma. Then area code 360 split off, for the portion outside the Seattle metro area. In 1997, area code 206 underwent a three-way split, creating 253 for Tacoma and 425 for Redmond, with Seattle keeping 206.
240 miles wide 360 miles long 71,300 square miles in area
The United States uses telephone country code +1. Washington State area codes: 206 Seattle, Bainbridge Island 253 Tacoma, Auburn 360 Olympia, Bellingham 425 Bellevue, Redmond 509 Spokane, Yakima Washington, D.C., is area code 202.
The phone number of the Washington State Capital Museum is: 360-753-2580.
Telephone country code +1 is North America, including the USA, Canada, and 18 islands in or near the Caribbean. Telephone area code +1 360 serves western Washington state, excluding the Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan area. Cities in area code +1 360 include Bellingham, Olympia, and Vancouver WA. (Note: Vancouver WA is a suburb of Portland OR, not to be confused with Vancouver BC Canada.)(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)