Area codes 305, 645, and 786

Area codes 305, 645, and 786 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for all of Miami, Florida, Miami-Dade County, and the part of Monroe County in the Florida Keys in the United States. The mainland portion of Monroe County is served by area code 239.

History
Original NANP area codes of Florida and surrounding states.

Area code 305 was one of the original North American area codes created in 1947 when it was intended to serve the entire state of Florida. The western part of the peninsula from the Tampa Bay area south, which was serviced mostly by GTE (now part of Frontier Communications), was separated with area code 813 in 1953.[1] As a result of the increase in the state's population, North Florida from the Panhandle to Jacksonville was assigned area code 904 with a permissive dialing period beginning July 6, 1965, and a mandatory dialing period beginning January 1, 1966.[2]

In 1988, the east coast of Florida from Palm Beach County north through Brevard County, as well as the Orlando metropolitan area, was assigned area code 407.[3]

On September 11, 1995, Broward County was split from 305 and assigned area code 954.[4] It was predicted that the new area code would delay but not prevent phone numbers in the 305 area code from being completely used up in a few years.[4]

Within two years, the reconfigured area code 305 was close to exhaustion due to growth in South Florida and the increasing popularity of cell phones and pagers. In mitigation, area code 786 was installed as an overlay on July 1, 1998.[5][6] The overlay numbering plan area originally comprised only Miami-Dade County, although it was clear the remainder of area code 305 would eventually be overlaid with area code 786.[6][7] Monroe County was added to area code 786 on September 1, 2001.[8][9]

The Florida Public Service Commission approved a third area code for the Miami region on February 25, 2022. Area code 645 will be implemented on August 4, 2023, before the anticipated exhaust of central office codes in 305 and 786, which is likely to occur in 2023.[10]

  • Recording artist Armando Pérez, better known as Pitbull, was born and raised in Miami, and has nicknamed himself "Mr. 305."[11]
  • Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias, who resides in Miami, formerly used "@enrique305" as his account name on Twitter.[12]
  • A web-based magazine in Miami is called 305 Magazine.[13]
  • Kitchen 305 is a Sunny Isles Beach restaurant inside the Newport Beachside Resort (where MTV held its "Spring Break 2008" party).[14][15]

See also

References
  1. "NANP Area Code History: 1948–1959" Archived February 6, 2005, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 27, 2007.
  2. "NANP Area Code History: 1960–1969" Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 27, 2007.
  3. "NANP Area Code History: 1980–1989" Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 27, 2007.
  4. Whitefield, Mimi; Fields, Gregg (September 3, 1995). "A New Ring". The Miami Herard. p. 1B, 2B.
  5. "10-digit dialing debuts toda in Miami-Dade". The Miami Herald. July 1, 1998. p. 1A.
  6. "Miami-Dade County adds a second area code: 786". Bell South. Boca Raton News (Boca Raton, Florida). April 26, 1998. p. 11.
  7. de Vise, Daniel; Babson, Jennifer (September 30, 2000). "10-digit dialing put on hold in Keys". The Miami Herald. p. 3B.
  8. "Area code 786 is coming to the Florida Keys". Bell South. The Stuart News (Stuart, Florida). September, 1 2001. p. 9.
  9. "NANP Area Code History: 1998" Archived February 6, 2005, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 27, 2007.
  10. "NewsLink - Florida Public Service Commission".
  11. "How Pitbull Went from Miami Street Rapper to Global Brand Ambassador". Vanity Fair. July 11, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
  12. "Enrique Iglesias (@enrique305)". Twitter. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  13. "305magazine.com". 305 Magazine. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  14. Staff (undated) "Spring Break 2008" Archived September 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. MTV. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
  15. "Kitchen 305". Newport Beachside Hotel & Resort. Archived from the original on February 21, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
Florida area codes: 239, 305/786, 321, 352, 386, 407/689, 561, 727, 772, 813, 850/448, 863, 904, 941, 954/754
North: 754/954
West: 239 area code 305/786 East: 242
South: +53 in Cuba
Bahamas area codes: 242

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