Area Code 865 is an area code in Tennessee. It covers Knoxville, Gatlinburg, Newport, Jefferson City, Oak Ridge, Rockwood and other parts of central East Tennessee. It broke off from the area code 423 in 1999. Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Area  Ranked 36th  - Total 42,169 sq mi (109,247 km²)  - Width 120 miles (195 km)  - Length 440 miles (710 km)  - % water 2. ... Nickname: The Marble City, K-Town, Big Orange Country, Knox Vegas Location Location within the U.S. State of Tennessee Coordinates , Government Cities in Tennessee Tennessee Mayor Bill Haslam (R) Geographical characteristics Area     City 254. ... Gatlinburg is a city in Sevier County, Tennessee, with a total population of 3,828, as of the 2000 U.S. census. ... Newport is a city in Cocke County, Tennessee, United States. ... Jefferson City is a city located in Jefferson County, Tennessee. ... Oak Ridge is a city in Anderson and Roane Counties in eastern Tennessee, about 25 miles northwest of Knoxville. ... Rockwood is a city located in Roane County, Tennessee. ... East Tennessee is a name given to approximately the eastern third of the state of Tennessee. ... Area Code 423 is an area code in Tennessee that covers the cities of two separate and disconnected portions of East Tennessee. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

See also

• List of North American area codes

On a standard telephone keypad, the numbers 865 correspond to VOL, the commonly used short version of Volunteers, which is the formal name of a host of sports teams at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. BellSouth assigned the 865/VOL area code to Knoxville and surrounding counties when it changed the local area code from 423. That change came only four years after the prevous change, from area code 615, which had been in use nearly 40 years before. For other countries see Telephone numbering plan. ...