Area code 701

Area code 701 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the U.S. State of North Dakota. It is one of the 86 original area codes created by AT&T in 1947, and continues to be the only area code in North Dakota, and one of twelve states with one only code.

Area code 218Area code 320Area code 605Area code 406

Numbering plan area 701 is divided between the Bismarck and Fargo LATAs, and is one of only a few area codes so divided. The Fargo LATA extends for some distance into northern Minnesota, as far east as Brainerd.

Numbering plan exhaust projections forecast that North Dakota will need a new area code in 2030.[1] About 600 of the nearly 800 possible central office codes have been assigned. The danger of exhaustion comes from the proliferation of mobile services particularly in Fargo, Grand Forks and Bismarck.

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See also
  • List of NANP area codes

References
  1. October 2019 NANPA relief analysis
North Dakota area codes: 701
North: 204, 306
West: 406 Area code 701 East: 218, 320
South: 605
Manitoba area codes: 204, 431
Saskatchewan area codes: 306, 639
Minnesota area codes: 218, 320, 507, 612, 651, 763, 952
Montana area codes: 406
South Dakota area codes: 605
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