Area code 559 came into being on 14th November 1998 for serving one of the most populated States of United States - The State of California. The particular code was created to give relief to the area code 209. At that time, Code 209 was lacking for available phone numbers because of the exhausted demands for telephone lines.
Therefore it became necessary to split the area code 209 for accommodating the telephone customers according to their requirements in efficient manner. The code 209 was created in 1958 and got split when some of the areas located on southern side of the particular code started lacking of available phone numbers. Code 559 was created for giving relief to that exhausted area.
Areas start running out of available phone numbers because of the exhausted demands for telephone lines. Exhausted demands for telephone lines makes the areas exhausted. Areas are either split or overlaid for giving relief to the exhausted areas. Telephone demands are increasing drastically these days because people need separate telephone lines for different services such as dialup internet, fax, pagers etc.
Area codes surrounding the 559 code from all four sides are:
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