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The blue area is assigned area codes 301, 240, and 227; the red area is area codes 410, 443 and 667. The state of Maryland is served by the following area codes:
The three area codes are overlay codes for one numbering plan area, among which 410 was the initial area code for the NPA, when it was split from area code 301 in 1991. 443 and 667 found assignment primarily in cellular service and for competitive local exchange carriers, such as Comcast and Cavalier Telephone, when introduced, but have since ...
Area code 301 was the first area code for all of Maryland, from 1947, when the area code system was created, until 1991, when everything from Baltimore eastward split off as area code 410. In 1997, area code 240 was added as an overlay area code for the 301 territory. On June 14, 2023, a third overlay code, 227, was added to provide more ...
Old Town is an area of East Baltimore, Maryland, mostly in zip code 21202, [2] bounded roughly by the Jones Falls Expressway (JFX) on the west, Orleans Street to the south, Caroline Street to the east and Monument Street to the north. [3] One of the area's main features is the Old Town Mall. [4] The Baltimore riot of 1968 occurred here. The ...
Fallsway is the street adjacent to the Jones Falls Expressway at the western edge of the Penn-Fallsway area. It carries northbound traffic to Guilford Avenue. The Fallsway was constructed under Mayor James H. Preston from 1911 to 1916 to channel and cover over the Jones Falls watercourse, preventing deadly overflows downtown. [ 4 ]
Area codes were assigned based on the volume of traffic and the speed of dialing the code on a rotary electromechanical dial phone, so that the higher the volume of traffic, the less time it took to dial the area code. Area code 212 was the quickest, followed by 213 (Los Angeles) and 312 (Chicago), etc., all the way to 919 (North Carolina).
Fairplay is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Washington County, Maryland, United States. [2] Its population was 580 as of the 2010 census. [4] It is sometimes recognized, along with neighboring Tilghmanton, as Fairplay-Tilghmanton; the two communities share a post office as well as a fire company.
The two major roads in the area are Maryland Route 75 and Maryland Route 80. MD 80 leads west 4.5 miles (7.2 km) to Urbana and southeast 7 miles (11 km) to Damascus (via MD 27), while MD 75 leads north to New Market and I-70/US-40, and also south 5 miles (8 km) to Hyattstown and MD 355.