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Michigan's numbering plan expanded from three area codes in 1947 to twelve: 1947: Area codes 313, 517 and 616 are three of the original 86 area codes in the North American Numbering Plan. 1961: Area code 906 was created in the first split of 616. 1993: Area code 810 was created in the first split of 313. 1997: Area code 734 was created in the ...
Each NPA was identified by a three-digit area code used as a prefix to each local telephone number. The United States received seventy-seven area codes, and Canada nine. The initial system of numbering plan areas and area codes was expanded rapidly during the ensuing decades, and established the North American Numbering Plan (NANP).
A minor conflict with Ohio, known as the Toledo War, over an area including the city of Toledo, Ohio, delayed Michigan statehood, because the State of Ohio objected. 1836 Michigan accepted Ohio's claim to Toledo and the Toledo Strip and received, as compensation, the western three-fourths of the Upper Peninsula.
537 reserved as a fifth area code for the region. 906: Michigan (Upper Peninsula: Sault Ste. Marie, Escanaba, Houghton, Iron Mountain, Marquette, Menominee, etc.) March 19, 1961: split of 616; 907: Alaska (all, except the lone border town of Hyder which uses the BC, Canada area codes of 236, 250, 672, or 778 depending on its assigned number ...
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1783 - The area south of the Great Lakes (including all of Michigan) is ceded by Great Britain to the United States by the Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolutionary War. However, the British kept actual possession. 1796 - Fort Shelby and all other British posts in Michigan are turned over to the United States under terms of the Jay ...
Area code 517 is the area code which serves the south central portion of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, centered on the state capital, Lansing. Other notable cities within 517 include Charlotte, Mason, Eaton Rapids, East Lansing, Holt, Jackson, Albion, Howell, Coldwater, Adrian, Blissfield, and Hillsdale. 517 was one of the original area ...
Elmira (/ ɛ l ˈ m aɪ r ə / el-MY-rə) is an unincorporated community in the U.S. state of Michigan. [1] Located along M-32, the community is on the county line between Warner Township in Antrim County to the west and Elmira Township in Otsego County to the east.