Area code 218

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Area code 218 is one of the two original telephone numbering plan codes for Minnesota, though it has been modified since inception. By area, the region is the largest area code in the state, covering roughly the northern half and including cities such as Duluth, Hibbing, Brainerd, Bemidji, and Moorhead.

According to a 1947 map of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), the region was originally "r"-shaped and covered about two-thirds of the state. Area code 612 covered the remaining southeastern portion of the state. The shape was modified to roughly coincide with its current shape in 1954 when area code 507 was created to stretch across the southern fifth of Minnesota.

The region was unaffected in 1996 when the 612 area was subdivided. Today, area code 320 runs the length of the southern border with 218, and the 612 area code has been reduced in size so much that it now just covers Minneapolis proper and a few nearby suburbs.

Contents 1 Cities and Communities within Area code 218 2 See also 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Cities and Communities within Area code 218

Ada Aitkin Akeley Aurora Bagley Barnesville Barnum Battle Lake Baudette Baxter Bemidji Big Falls Bigfork Biwabik Brainerd Breckenridge Carlton Cass Lake Chisholm Clearbrook

Cloquet Cohasset Coleraine Cook Cromwell Crookston Crosby Deer River Deerwood Detroit Lakes Dilworth Duluth East Grand Forks Elbow Lake Ely Erskine Eveleth Fergus Falls Fertile Floodwood

Fosston Frazee Gilbert Glyndon Grand Marais Grand Portage Grand Rapids Greenbush Hallock Hawley Hermantown Hibbing Hill City Hoyt Lakes Humboldt International Falls Karlstad Keewatin Littlefork Lutsen

Mahnomen McGregor Menahga Mizpah Moorhead Moose Lake Motley Mountain Iron Nashwauk New York Mills Northome Nisswa Orr Park Rapids Parkers Prairie Pelican Rapids Pequot Lakes Perham Pine River Proctor

Red Lake Falls Remer Roseau St. Hilaire St. Vincent Silver Bay Staples Sturgeon Lake Thief River Falls Thomson Tower Twin Valley Two Harbors Virginia Wadena Walker Warren Warroad Willow River Wrenshall

[edit] See also

• List of NANP area codes

State of Minnesota area codes: 218, 320, 507, 612, 651, 763, 952
	North: 204, 807
West: 701	218	East: 715
	South: 320
Province of Manitoba area code: 204
Province of Ontario area codes: 226, 289, 416, 519, 613, 647, 705, 807, 905
State of Wisconsin area codes: 262, 414, 608, 715, 920
State of North Dakota area code: 701

[edit] External links

• NANPA: Minnesota area code map

[edit] References

• Area code history. AreaCode-Info.com.
• (2001). 1947 Area Code Assignment Map. GIF image at AreaCode-Info.com.