Area code 618

Area code 618 is the telephone area code serving southern Illinois. Some of the main cities in 618 include Carbondale, Cairo, Belleville, East St. Louis, Edwardsville, Marion, O'Fallon, Alton, Mt. Vernon, Centralia, Herrin, Salem, Metropolis, Fairview Heights, and Collinsville.

For the area code in Durango, see Area code 618 (Mexico).

618 was among the original North American area codes created in 1947. In 1954, most of Metro East switched from 217 to 618.

618 is the only one of Illinois' four original area codes never to have been split or overlaid. Under current projections, however, 618 is expected to "exhaust" by 2024.[1] The supply of numbers is further limited because much of 618 is part of the St. Louis LATA; some exchanges in Missouri's 314 and 636 are not available as "618-nxx" numbers.

Periodic proposals have been made for relief of the 618 area code. The most recent proposal has 618 overlaid with the unactivated 730. For now, nationwide number pooling is in effect.

Cities in the 618 area code

A-C Albion Altamont Alton Anna Ashley Ava Aviston Batchtown Beckemyer Belleville Benld Benton Bethalto Breese Brighton Brookport Brussels Bunker Hill Cahokia Cairo Carbondale Carlyle Carmi Carrier Mills Carterville Caseyville Centralia Centreville Chester Christopher Cisne Collinsville Columbia Creal Springs

D-L Dahlgren Dupo Du Quoin East St. Louis Edwardsville Eldorado Fairfield Fairview Heights Flora Freeburg Galatia Golconda Glen Carbon Golden Eagle Grafton Grand Tower Granite City Grayville Greenville Hamburg Hamel Hardin Harrisburg Hecker Herrin Highland Hurst Jerseyville Johnston City Johnsonville Jonesboro Kampsville Kinmundy Lawrenceville Louisville Lebanon

M-O Madison Marion Mascoutah McLeansboro Meppen Metropolis Michael Mound City Mounds Mount Carmel Mount Olive Mount Vernon Murphysboro New Athens New Baden Newton Nashville Nason O'Fallon Oakdale Okawville Olney Orient

P-Z Pontoon Beach Pinckneyville Raleigh Red Bud Robinson Roxana Rosiclare Salem Scott Air Force Base Sesser Shawneetown Sims Smithton Sparta St. Elmo St. Francisville Staunton Sumner Swansea Tamms Trenton Troy Vandalia Venice Vergennes Vienna Wamac Washington Park Waterloo Wayne City West Frankfort Wood River Zeigler

See also

• List of NANP area codes
• List of Illinois area codes

External links

• NANPA area code map of Illinois
• List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 618 Area Code

Illinois area codes: 217, 224/847, 309, 312, 331/630, 618, 708, 773, 779/815, 872
	North: 217
West: 314, 636, 573	Area code 618	East: 812
	South: 573, 270
Missouri area codes: 314, 417, 573, 636, 660, 816
Kentucky area codes: 270/364, 502, 606, 859
Indiana area codes: 219, 260, 317/463, 574, 765, 812/930

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-09-07. Retrieved 2017-05-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)