Area codes 978 and 351
Area code 978 was created as a split from area code 508 on September 1, 1997 and covers north central and most of northeastern Massachusetts (LATA code 128). Use of 978 became mandatory on February 1, 1998. Prior to when this area was served by 508 (July 1988), it was served only by the 617 area code, along with the rest of the eastern two-thirds of the state. 351 has been sharing the service area since May 2, 2001. Since then, 10 digit local dialing is mandatory.
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Map showing the region covered by area codes 978 and 351
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Map of current Massachusetts area codes (since May 2001)
Some mobile phone numbers from the 1990s assigned to rate centers in 978 and 351 kept the 508 area code just on those mobile lines after it was split.
Cities/towns
- Acton
- Ashburnham
- Ashby
- Andover
- Amesbury
- Beverly
- Billerica
- Boxborough
- Burlington
- Carlisle
- Chelmsford
- Concord
- Danvers
- Dracut
- Dunstable
- Fitchburg
- Gardner
- Georgetown
- Gloucester
- Groton
- Groveland
- Haverhill
- Ipswich
- Lawrence
- Leominster
- Littleton
- Lowell
- Maynard
- Methuen
- Middleton
- Newburyport
- North Reading
- Peabody
- Salem
- Salisbury
- Sudbury
- Tewksbury
- Tyngsboro
- Westford
- Westminster
- Wilmington
- Winchendon
Regions
- North Central Massachusetts
- Northeastern Massachusetts
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gollark: Actually, you won't get much better than 240 bytes/s, just roughly that.
gollark: Adjacent computers can read each other's labels.
gollark: You can actually do much better than that using labels.
gollark: Yes, but since they don't turn up on the network as transfer locations, this will involve horrible special cases.
See also
- List of area codes in Massachusetts
References
External links
- NANPA area code map of Massachusetts
- List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 978 Area Code
- List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 351 Area Code
Massachusetts area codes: 339/781, 351/978, 413, 508/774, 617/857 | ||
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North: 603 | ||
West: 413 | 351/978 | East: 781/339, Atlantic Ocean |
South: 508/774, 781/339 | ||
New Hampshire area codes: 603 |
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