Minnesota Area Codes

The state of Minnesota is located in the Midwestern region of the United States. the state is ranked as twenty first most populous state of United States. The Standard Time Zone followed by the state is Central Time Zone. Following are the area codes providing telephone services in the state of Minnesota.

• Area Code 218 (Created in 1947)
• Area Code 320 (Created in 1996)
• Area Code 507 (Created in 1954)
• Area Code 612 (Created in 1947)
• Area Code 651 (Created in 1998)
• Area Code 763 (Created in 2000)
• Area Code 952 (Created in 2000)

Major companies providing telephone services in Minnesota are:

• ALLEGIANCE TELECOM, INC. - CA
• ALLTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. - ALABAMA
• BELLSOUTH TELECOMM INC DBA SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TEL
• CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - CA
• CENTURYTEL OF ARKANSAS, INC.
• DIGITCOM SERVICES, INC.
• MCI WORLDCOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC., CA
• NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC
• PACIFIC BELL
• PG TELECOM OF CALIFORNIA INC. - CA
• QWEST CORPORATION
• SAN DIEGO PAGING
• SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
• SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, L.P. - AL
• SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P.
• U.S. TELEPACIFIC CORP. - CA
• USA MOBILITY WIRELESS, INC.
• UTILITY TELEPHONE, INC. - CA
• VERIZON CALIFORNIA INC.-CA (GTE)

A brief description of  Minnesota Area Codes is given below:

It is one of the original area codes created on October 1947. The Code was created for providing telephone services to northern and western areas of Minnesota State of United States.

It serves majority of the central and western regions located in the State of Minnesota ? United States. Major cities served by the particular code are St. Cloud and Alexandria.

It was created in 1954 when area code 612 was getting exhausted because of the ever increasing demands for telephone lines. It was created for providing telephone services to the region located along the northern border of the code 612.

It was created for providing services to the residents of Minneapolis City and its surrounding areas located in Minnesota. This is one of the original area codes created on October 1947

It was created in 1998 as a result in split of area code 612. It was introduced for providing numbering relief to the exhausted area of the code 612. The Code 612 got exhausted because of the population spurts and mounted demands for telephone lines.

It was created as a result in split of area code 612. The 612 area code had split off and created two new area codes (763 and 952) in 2000.

It was formed in 2000 for providing numbering relief to area code 612. Area Code 612 was split off into two new area codes, 763 and 952. The 612 area code got exhausted due to the ever increasing demands for telephone lines.