Area code 574

Prior to 2002, the northern third of Indiana had been served by area code 219 for 54 years. However, by the end of the 20th century, 219 was on the verge of exhaustion. It was decided to implement a three-way split of the 219 territory. As the result of a random drawing, the middle portion of the old 219 territory (South Bend) became 574. The eastern portion (Fort Wayne) became area code 260, while Northwest Indiana retained 219. The area codes split on January 15, 2002, with permissive dialing continuing until June 14, 2002. ^[1]

References

^ https://web.archive.org/web/20060822232357/http://www.sbc.com/gen/general?pid=1718. Archived from the original on August 22, 2006. Retrieved August 8, 2006. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) SBC information. Accessed May 11, 2006

Indiana area codes: 219, 260, 317/463, 574, 765, 812/930
	North: 269
West: 219	area code 574	East: 260
	South: 765
Michigan area codes: 231, 248/947, 269, 313, 517, 586, 616, 734, 810, 906, 989

41°16′55″N 86°25′17″W / 41.281935°N 86.421433°W / 41.281935; -86.421433

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20060822232357/http://www.sbc.com/gen/general?pid=1718. Archived from the original on August 22, 2006. Retrieved August 8, 2006. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) SBC information. Accessed May 11, 2006

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