Area Code 231:

Area code 231 is a North American telephone area code - being used in U.S. state of Michigan. It came into being as a result of area code 616 split in June 1999. Area code 616 got split and its northern half was assigned with a new area code - code 231. Before splitting, code 616 was assigned to entire western half of the state of Michigan.

It was created in June 1999 as a split from area code 616. The Code 231 is essentially the northern half of the old 616 area code. Code 616 previously covered the entire western half of the state of Michigan, extending west from the north-south line aligned with the Mackinac Bridge.

Areas split or overlay divides the region further into smaller parts. Each new area is assigned with different codes - so that telephone services can be provided more efficiently and resourcefully. Codes are used to identify different regions - phone number can repeat but the code will always be unique.

Standard Time Zone for the code 231 is Eastern Time Zone. There are total four hundred and sixty five Exchanges are working in a 231 area code.

Counties in area code 231:

There are total twenty one counties in areas using code 231 as telephone area code.

ANTRIM BARAGA BENZIE CHARLEVOIX CHEBOYGAN CLARE EMMET GRAND TRAVERSE KALKASKA KENT LAKE LEELANAU MACKINAC

MANISTEE MASON MECOSTA MISSAUKEE MONTCALM MUSKEGON NEWAYGO OCEANA OSCEOLA OTSEGO OTTAWA ROSCOMMON WEXFORD

Cities in area code 231 are:

Acme Afton Alba Alden Arcadia Bailey Baldwin Bay Shore Bear Lake Bellaire Benzonia Beulah Big Rapids Bitely Boon Boyne City Boyne Falls Branch Brethren Brohman Brutus Buckley Burt Lake Cadillac Casnovia Cedar Central Lake Charlevoix Chase Cheboygan Chippewa Lake Copemish Coral Custer East Jordan Eastlake Eastport Elberta Elk Rapids Ellsworth Elmira Empire Evart Falmouth

Fife Lake Filer City Fountain Frankfort Free Soil Fremont Fruitport Glen Arbor Gowen Grant Grawn Greenville Harrietta Hart Hersey Hesperia Holton Honor Howard City Idlewild Indian River Interlochen Irons Kaleva Kalkaska Kewadin Kingsley Lake Ann Lake City Lake Leelanau Leland Leroy Ludington Luther Mackinaw City Mancelona Manistee Manton Maple City Marion Mayfield Mc Bain Mears Mecosta

Merritt Mesick Montague Morley Mullett Lake Muskegon New Era Newaygo Northport Old Mission Omena Onekama Paris Pentwater Petoskey Pierson Pointe Aux Pins Rapid City Ravenna Reed City Rodney Rothbury Scottville Sears Shelby South Boardman Stanwood Suttons Bay Thompsonville Topinabee Traverse City Trufant Tustin Twin Lake Wabaningo Walhalla Walkerville Walloon Lake Wellston White Cloud Whitehall Williamsburg Wolverine

ISPs and Telephone Providers in area 231:

• A Silicon Networks
• A Value Access Providers--- VAP
• Ace Dialup
• AreaTech
• AT&T DSL Service
• Best Rate ISP
• Cut Rate Internet Service

Some of the Telephone providers serving area code 231 are:

• BELLSOUTH TELECOMM INC DBA SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TEL
• CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - AL
• CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - AZ
• CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - CA
• COX CALIFORNIA TELCOM, INC. - CA
• DELTACOM, INC. - AL
• NETWORK SERVICES LLC
• NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC
• NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC - IL
• NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
• O1 COMMUNICATIONS, INC. - CA
• PAC - WEST TELECOMM, INC.
• PACIFIC BELL
• QWEST CORPORATION
• SOUTHWESTERN BELL
• SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P.
• U.S. TELEPACIFIC CORP. - CA
• USA MOBILITY WIRELESS, INC.
• VERIZON CALIFORNIA INC.-CA (GTE)
• XO CALIFORNIA, INC.

Leading institutes and universities in a 231 area code:

Several institutes are offering services in area code 231 such as:

• Central Michigan university (Ph: 231-8433961)
• Eastern Michigan University (Ph: 231-9221750)
• Ferris State University (Ph: 231-5912000)
• Grand Valley State University (Ph: 231-7770505)
• Michigan State University (Ph: 231-9293902)

Reverse phone lookup for area code 231:

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