Area_code_781

Area codes 781 and 339

Area codes 781 and 339

Area codes for Boston suburbs in Massachusetts

Area code 781 and 339 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan for the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The numbering plan area consists of Boston’s inner suburbs, known as the Route 128 corridor, and some outer suburbs, especially in the South Shore region. It was created as in an area code split of area code 617 on September 1, 1997.[1] Use of 781 became mandatory February 1, 1998.[2] Area code 339 is an overlay complex code for the same service area, activated on May 2, 2001.[3] Since then, ten-digit dialing has been mandatory.[3]

Area codes 781 and 339
Massachusetts' area codes

Some mobile telephone numbers assigned in the 1990s to rate centers in 781 and 339 kept the 617 area code just on those mobile lines after the split.

Service area

The area codes serve most of the South Shore, and the suburbs along Route 128 and surrounding towns. The service area includes portions of the following counties:

Communities:

Central office codes by location

781-NXX

  • Arlington (includes part of Medford): 316, 443, 483, 488, 574, 583, 641, 643, 645, 646, 648, 777, 819, 844, 859
  • Braintree: 228, 267, 303, 348, 353, 356, 380, 394, 428, 510, 519, 535, 602, 654, 664, 794, 796, 817, 843, 848, 849, 884, 917, 926, 930, 952, 964
  • Burlington: 202, 203, 221, 229, 238, 262, 265, 270, 272, 273, 313, 328, 345, 359, 362, 365, 387, 418, 425, 442, 494, 505, 552, 564, 565, 601, 653, 685, 730, 743, 744, 750, 757, 791, 825, 852, 892, 896, 993, 998
  • Canton: 232, 298, 302, 332, 363, 364, 401, 415, 562, 571, 575, 615, 633, 713, 737, 739, 746, 770, 774, 821, 828, 830, 989
  • Cohasset: 210, 236, 383, 527, 923
  • Dedham (includes part of Westwood): 223, 251, 320, 326, 329, 355, 366, 375, 381, 407, 410, 441, 459, 461, 467, 471, 492, 493, 613, 636, 686, 690, 708, 742, 751, 752, 801, 915
  • Hingham: 374, 385, 556, 630, 706, 735, 740, 741, 749, 783, 804, 836, 875, 903, 908, 919
  • Hull: 214, 242, 773, 925
  • Lexington (includes Bedford): 226, 230, 240, 266, 271, 274, 275, 276, 280, 301, 323, 325, 354, 357, 372, 377, 382, 402, 430, 456, 457, 458, 482, 515, 532, 533, 538, 541, 553, 597, 652, 669, 671, 674, 676, 687, 698, 734, 748, 761, 766, 778, 841, 845, 860, 861, 862, 863, 869, 879, 918, 945, 958, 981, 999
  • Lincoln: 259
  • Lynn: 215, 244, 248, 254, 268, 309, 346, 477, 479, 581, 584, 586, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 598, 599, 632, 691, 710, 715, 718, 731, 771, 780, 842, 910, 913
  • Malden: 288, 321, 322, 324, 333, 338, 388, 397, 399, 420, 480, 502, 605, 627, 661, 667, 851, 870, 873, 905, 912
  • Medford: 219, 306, 350, 391, 393, 395, 396, 475, 498, 518, 526, 539, 628, 655, 658, 723, 827, 866, 874, 957, 960
  • Melrose: 432, 462, 517, 590, 606, 620, 662, 665, 712, 720, 979
  • Needham: 247, 292, 343, 400, 429, 433, 444, 449, 453, 455, 465, 474, 495, 514, 540, 559, 644, 657, 707, 719, 726, 727, 898, 965, 972
  • Norwood (includes part of Westwood): 255, 369, 278, 349, 352, 414, 440, 501, 551, 603, 619, 634, 680, 688, 702, 725, 762, 769, 856, 881, 929, 948, 949, 956
  • Randolph (includes Holbrook): 300, 308, 390, 437, 473, 506, 510, 607, 767, 785, 815, 824, 885, 888, 961, 963, 986
  • Reading: 205, 282, 315, 439, 509, 649, 670, 673, 677, 758, 764, 765, 779, 872, 909, 942, 944
  • Revere: 241, 284, 286, 289, 426, 485, 549, 560, 629, 656, 808, 823, 853, 858, 922, 951, 953,
  • Saugus: 231, 233, 558
  • Stoneham: 279, 435, 438, 454, 481, 507, 568, 572, 799, 832, 835, 850, 954, 984
  • Wakefield: 213, 224, 245, 246, 258, 295, 360, 451, 486, 548, 557, 567, 587, 621, 683, 716, 876, 914, 928, 968
  • Waltham (includes part of Weston): 207, 208, 209, 212, 216, 249, 250, 256, 290, 296, 299, 314, 317, 330, 370, 373, 386, 392, 398, 409, 419, 434, 464, 466, 472, 478, 487, 513, 516, 522, 529, 530, 543, 547, 577, 609, 612, 614, 622, 642, 647, 663, 668, 672, 678, 684, 693, 697, 699, 736, 768, 775, 786, 788, 790, 795, 810, 833, 839, 864, 890, 891, 893, 894, 895, 899, 902, 906, 907, 916, 966, 996
  • Wellesley (includes part of Weston): 235, 237, 239, 263, 283, 304, 371, 416, 431, 446, 489, 591, 694, 705, 772, 943, 992, 997
  • Weymouth: 277, 331, 335, 337, 340, 413, 534, 624, 626, 637, 682, 724, 789, 803, 812, 901, 927, 974, 985
  • Winchester: 218, 358, 368, 369, 389, 570, 589, 604, 625, 717, 721, 722, 729, 756, 760, 838, 971, 977, 983
  • Woburn: 281, 287, 305, 367, 376, 404, 405, 460, 491, 496, 497, 503, 504, 528, 537, 569, 608, 638, 640, 696, 704, 759, 782, 787, 865, 883, 897, 904, 932, 933, 935, 937, 938, 939, 962, 670, 994, 995

339-NXX

  • Arlington: 368, 707
  • Braintree: 235
  • Bryantville: 244, 933
  • Burlington: 234
  • Cambridge: 550, 940, 976
  • Canton: 237, 502
  • Cohasset: 337
  • Dedham: 204
  • Hingham: 200, 236
  • Kingston: 309, 832
  • Lexington: 223, 970
  • Lincoln: 333
  • Lowell: 920
  • Lynn: 440, 883
  • Malden: 224
  • Marshfield: 793
  • Medford:221, 545, 674
  • Melrose: 293
  • Needham: 225
  • Norwell: 613
  • Norwood: 206
  • Randolph: 987
  • Revere: 226, 532
  • Rockland: 469, 788
  • Saugus: 600
  • Scituate: 526
  • Sharon: 230, 364
  • Wakefield: 203, 219
  • Waltham: 222, 814
  • Wellesley: 686
  • Weymouth: 355, 499
  • Woburn: 227, 298, 645, 927

N11 codes

Main article: N11 code

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Code of Confusion: Phone Company Fears Change Will Hang Us Up". Associated Press. Daily Evening Item (Lynn, Massachusetts). p. 1.
  2. [2]
    "New area codes began Sunday". Associated Press. North Adams Transcript (North Adams, Massachusetts). p. A8.
  3. [3]
    Howe, Peter J. (March 29, 2001). "Get Set to Dial 10 Digits: New Rules Start Monday for all Eastern Mass. calls". Boston Globe. p. A1.
  4. [4]
    511 Massachusetts
  5. [5]
    Mass Relay
  6. [6]
    Dig Safe
  7. [7]
    See FCC Doc. No. 92–105 http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-257293A1.doc
  8. [8]
    State 911 Department
Massachusetts area codes: 339/781, 351/978, 413, 508/774, 617/857
North: 978/351
West: 413 339/781
surrounds 617/857		 East: 617/857, Atlantic Ocean
South: 508/774
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