Area code 850 is in use for the Florida Panhandle, USA. [1] Area code 904 was used for the entire part of northern Florida from 11 July 1965, when 904 split from 305, until 904 itself was split in the mid-1990s. Permissive dialing for area code 850 began June 23, 1997 and mandatory dialing began March 23, 1998.
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Original Plan

Area code 850 was originally intended to be the relief code used in the 1995 split of the 904 area code. The Jacksonville, Panama City, Pensacola, and Tallahassee LATAs were to retain 904 while the Daytona Beach and Gainesville LATAs changed to 850. This plan was scrapped in favor of a plan that moved only the Gainesville LATA to a new area code, this time 352 (FLA on the telephone keypad) and kept the Daytona Beach LATA in 904 along with the rest of northern Florida. The reason for changing from 850 to 352 was a potential dialing conflict with the 407-850 office code and some rate centers in the Gainesville LATA with 7-digit EAS local calling into the 407 area code. Political prssure from the tourism industry in Daytona Beach resulted in that area being kept in the 904 area code.

Implemented Plan

In 1996 the Florida Public Service Commission had planned a 3-way split to relieve the exhausting 904 area code to take place in 1997. The Jacksonville LATA would move to a proposed 234 area code while the Daytona Beach LATA would change to the 386 area code. The Pensacola, Panama City, and Tallahassee LATAs would have retained the 904 area code. Outcry from the public and business community in the Jacksonville region as well as opposition from NANPA and the FCC forced the Florida PSC to change course and adopt the plan that was ultimately implemented with Pensacola, Tallahassee, and Panama City moving to 850 and Jacksonville and Daytona Beach retaining 904. Area code 904 is in use for much of the First Coast region of the U.S. state of Florida, including all of the metropolitan area of Jacksonville. ... Local access and transport area (LATA) is a term used in U.S. telecommunications regulation. ... Area code 234 is a North American telephone area code serving part of Northeast Ohio, United States. ... Local access and transport area (LATA) is a term used in U.S. telecommunications regulation. ... 386 is an Area code in Northern Florida. ... Area code 904 is in use for much of the First Coast region of the U.S. state of Florida, including all of the metropolitan area of Jacksonville. ... NANPA can mean: the North American Numbering Plan Administrator [1] the North American Nature Photography Association [2] Nanpa also refers to the Japanese renai games of Dokyusei ... The abbreviation FCC can refer to: Face-centered cubic (usually fcc), a crystallographic structure Federal Communications Commission, a US government organization Farm Credit Corporation/Farm Credit Canada, a Canadian government organization Families with Children from China, an adoption support organization Florida Christian College, a college in central Florida Fresno City...

Cities served by the 850 area code

• Pensacola
• Fort Walton Beach
• Crestview
• Panama City
• Tallahassee
• Valparaiso
• Niceville
• Marianna
• DeFuniak Springs
• Navarre
• Gulf Breeze

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For other uses, see State (disambiguation). ... This article is about the U.S. State of Florida. ... Area code 239 covers a large area of Southwest Florida including Lee and Collier counties as well as small parts of Hendry and Charlotte counties and the Everglades National park in Mainland Monroe County. ... Area code 305 is the default area code in Florida for all of Miami-Dade County and for the Florida Keys, including Miami and Key West. ... Area code 321 is the area code serving Brevard County, Florida. ... Area code 352 is a telephone dialing area for Gainesville, Florida and Lake City, Florida. ... 386 is an Area code in Northern Florida. ... The 407 area code formerly covered large portions of central and south Florida. ... Area code 561 is an area code in Florida, which went into effect on May 13, 1996. ... Area code 727 covers Pinellas county, including St. ... Area code 754 went into service on August 1, 2001, to overlay Area code 954 in Broward County, Florida. ... Area code 772 serves the state of Florida. ... Area code 305 was the default area code in the state of Florida, and still currently serves all of Miami-Dade County and the Florida Keys, including Miami and Key West. ... Area code 813 is the telephone numbering plan code for the city of Tampa, Florida and surrounding areas such as Zephyrhills and Oldsmar. ... 863 is the telephone area code which covers much of South Central Florida. ... Area code 904 is in use for much of the First Coast region of the U.S. state of Florida, including all of the metropolitan area of Jacksonville. ... Area code 941 includes the counties of Manatee, Sarasota, and Charlotte , areas along the Sun Coast of southwest of Florida, USA. Categories: North American area codes ... Area code 954 went into service on September 11, 1995, for all telephones within Broward County, Florida. ... Area code 229 is the telephone area code serving the state of Georgia. ... Area code 251 was created on January 7, 2002 as a split from area code 334. ... Area code 334 was created on January 15, 1995 as a split from area code 205. ... Area code 251 was created on January 7, 2002 as a split from area code 334. ... Area code 352 is a telephone dialing area for Gainesville, Florida and Lake City, Florida. ... 386 is an Area code in Northern Florida. ... Gulf of Mexico in 3D perspective. ... For other uses, see State (disambiguation). ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Area code 205 is a telephone numbering plan code covering central and western Alabama including the cities of Birmingham and Tuscaloosa. ... Area code 251 was created on January 7, 2002 as a split from area code 334. ... Area code 256 was created on March 23, 1998 as a split from area code 205. ... Area code 334 was created on January 15, 1995 as a split from area code 205. ... For other uses, see State (disambiguation). ... Area code 229 is the telephone area code serving the state of Georgia. ... Area code 404 covers Atlanta and its immediate neighbors, roughly within Interstate 285. ... Area code 478 is a telephone area code serving the state of Georgia, in the United States. ... 678 is a telephone area code assigned to metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia and its suburbs and exurbs. ... In the NANP, area code 706 covers all of northern Georgia outside of metro Atlanta. ... 770 is a telephone area code assigned to [Central alabama]], Georgia and its suburbs and exurbs. ... Area code 912 is the telephone area code serving the state of Georgia. ...

References

• Florida's Area Code History

See also

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

This is a list of area codes in the state of Florida. ... This article is about North American telephone area codes. ... NANPA redirects here. ...

External links

• NANPA Area Code Map of Florida