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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.
Area code 303 is the original area code, while area codes 720 and 983 were added (in 1998 and 2022 respectively) to form an overlay complex for the area, meaning that the same geographic service area is served by all area codes and that ten-digit dialing is required for all calls made within the service area.
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 ...
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"
[8] [12] Colorado Springs is the second-most populous city and the most extensive city in the state of Colorado, and the 39th-most-populous city in the United States. [13] It is the principal city of the Colorado Springs metropolitan area, which had 755,105 residents in 2020, and the second-most prominent city of the Front Range Urban Corridor.
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 Colorado Springs, CO, Metropolitan Statistical Area is a United States Office of Management and Budget defined Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) located in the Colorado Springs region of the State of Colorado. The 2020 United States census counted a population of 755,105, [2] an increase of 17.0% since the 2010 United States Census.
The CDP is a part of the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Air Force Academy post office ( ZIP Codes 80840 and 80841 [for post office boxes ]) serves the area. [ 4 ] At the United States Census 2020 , the population of the Air Force Academy CDP was 6,680.