North American area code 661 covers the majority of California's Kern County, as well as part of Los Angeles County. It was split from area code 805 on February 13, 1999. State nickname: The Golden State Official languages English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Senators Dianne Feinstein (D) Barbara Boxer (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 4. ... Kern County is a county located in the southern Central Valley of California. ... Map of California showing Los Angeles County. ... North American area code 805 includes most or all portions of the California counties of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura, plus southernmost portions of Monterey County, and a small portion of Los Angeles County. ... February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
Areacode 213 was one of the first three areacodes created in California in October 1947.
The subdivisions to date are areacode 310, areacode 323, areacode 562, areacode 619, areacode 626, areacode661, areacode 714, areacode 760, areacode 805, areacode 818, areacode 858, areacode 909, areacode 949, and areacode 951.
Each of those areacodes has a "1" in the middle because at that time only states that had more than one areacode were assigned areascodes with a 1 in the midddle.