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Area code 303 is the original area code assigned to the entire state when the first nationwide telephone numbering plan was created in 1947. Today it only serves the greater Denver Metropolitan Area. Area codes 720 and 983 are overlay codes for today's 303 numbering plan area (NPA). Area code 719 serves Colorado Springs and southeastern Colorado.
Clickable map of Colorado area codes in blue (with bordering states). ...
The northeastern and western portions of area code 303, including Fort Collins, Grand Junction, Vail and Aspen, were separated on April 2, 1995, and became area code 970. This split reduced 303 to the Denver-Boulder area. [3] With the 1995 split, 303 was the only Colorado area code that did not border another state.
The map to the right is now clickable; click on an area code to go to the page for that code, or use the text links below. Map of Colorado area codes in blue (with border states) Pages in category "Area codes in Colorado"
2023: returned to the pool of area codes available for future area code relief; 457: Louisiana (Shreveport–Bossier City, Monroe, Alexandria, Fisher, Tallulah, and most of northern Louisiana) September 25, 2025 [3] to be overlaid on 318; previously a fictitious area code assigned to identify Naked DSL/Dry Loop and dedicated data lines in ...
Area code 970 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for most of the western and northern parts of the U.S. state of Colorado. The numbering plan area includes Aspen, Breckenridge, Durango, Estes Park, Fort Collins, Glenwood Springs, Grand Junction, Greeley, Loveland, Silverthorne, Steamboat Springs, and Vail. It ...
The number 76 is a reverence to the then-forthcoming United States Bicentennial as well as 1876, the year Colorado was admitted as a state. [8] Nebraska renumbered its existing Nebraska Highway 76 (N-76) to N-53 as a result. [9] I-76 was conceived in August 1958. The Colorado portion was planned and built first.
It was created in a split of area code 303 on March 5, 1988. [2] While 303 had been Colorado's sole area code for 40 years, the state's explosive growth in the second half of the 20th century made it apparent that the state would need another area code. 719 was split off when an impending number shortage meant the split could no longer be ...