Area code 413
Area code 413 is a telephone
overlay of area codes 978 and 351. The most-populous city of area code 413 is Springfield. 413 also includes Great Barrington, Greenfield, North Adams, Northampton and Pittsfield. The 413 numbering plan area constitutes local access and transport area
(LATA) 126.
History
When the
617. The dividing line between the two NPAs ran through far western Worcester County. Everything west of the tributary exchange areas of the control switching points in Orange, Petersham, Barre, Oakham, North Brookfield, Sturbridge and Southbridge comprised the 413 NPA, so that the border between the two NPAs was formed by the eastern borders of the 413 exchange areas of Northfield, Millers Falls, Montague, Amherst, Gilbertville, Belchertown, Ware, Warren and Brimfield.[1]
As western Massachusetts is not as densely populated as the eastern portion, 413 remained the region's sole area code even as the eastern portion of the state went from one area code to four from 1988 to 1997. As a result, 413 still maintains its original boundaries. It is also one of the few original area codes, not counting those that cover an entire state, that has not been split or overlaid.
Despite the proliferation of telecommunication services, particularly in and around Springfield,
North American Numbering Plan Administrator, [2]
In a preliminary version of the numbering plan of c. 1946, area code 413 had been allotted for use in Pennsylvania.[3]
Service area
Cities and towns
- Adams
- Agawam
- Alford
- Amherst
- Ashfield
- Becket
- Belchertown
- Bernardston
- Blandford
- Brimfield
- Buckland
- Charlemont
- Cheshire
- Chester
- Chesterfield
- Chicopee
- Clarksburg
- Colrain
- Conway
- Cummington
- Dalton
- Deerfield
- Easthampton
- East Longmeadow
- Egremont
- Erving
- Florida
- Gill
- Goshen
- Granville
- Great Barrington
- Greenfield
- Hadley
- Hampden
- Hancock
- Hardwick
- Hatfield
- Hawley
- Heath
- Hinsdale
- Holland
- Holyoke
- Huntington
- Lanesborough
- Lee
- Lenox
- Leverett
- Leyden
- Longmeadow
- Ludlow
- Middlefield
- Monroe
- Monson
- Montague
- Monterey
- Montgomery
- Mount Washington
- New Ashford
- New Marlborough
- Northampton
- Northfield
- Otis
- Palmer
- Pelham
- Peru
- Pittsfield
- Plainfield
- Richmond
- Rowe
- Russell
- Sandisfield
- Savoy
- Sheffield
- Shelburne
- Shutesbury
- South Hadley
- Southampton
- Southwick
- Springfield
- Sunderland
- Stockbridge
- Tyringham
- Tolland
- Wales
- Ware
- Warren
- Washington
- Westfield
- Westhampton
- West Springfield
- West Stockbridge
- Whately
- Wilbraham
- Williamsburg
- Williamstown
- Windsor
- Worthington
Counties
- Berkshire County
- Hampden County
- Hampshire County
- Franklin County (except for Orange, New Salem, Warwick, and Wendell)
- Worcester County (Hardwick and Warren only)
See also
- List of area codes in Massachusetts
- List of North American Numbering Plan area codes
References
- ^ Data from AT&T (1975), Traffice Routing Guide, Section 10.
- ^ "2021-2 NRUF and NPA Exhaust Analysis" (PDF). nationalnanpa.com. October 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
- ^ "Proposed (but Scrapped) 1946/47 NPA Assignments". April 1, 1996.
External links
- NANPA area code map of Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Area Code Map, Mass. Department of Telecommunications and Cable
| North: 603, 802 | ||
| West: 518/838 | 413 | East: 351/978, 508/774 |
| South: 860/959 | ||
| Connecticut area codes: 203/475, 860/959 | ||
| New York area codes: 212/332/646, 315/680, 347/718/929, 363/516, 518/838, 585, 607, 631/934, 624/716, 329/845, 914, 917 | ||
| New Hampshire area codes: 603 | ||
| Vermont area codes: 802 | ||