Area code 810
Area code 810 is a telephone
History
Area code 810 was split off from
By 1994, demand for telephone numbers increased such that there were plans for a new area code.
Then, only four years after splitting off area code 248, continued demand in the area necessitated the Michigan Public Service Commission to request another relief code, creating yet another numbering plan area in southeastern Michigan. Area code 586 was assigned to the eleven rate centers that comprise Macomb County, including Mt. Clemens, Roseville, Warren and Utica. The commission permitted the permanent grandfathering of wireless central office codes residing in rate centers that moved to the new NPA.[4]
Prior to October 2021, area code 810 had telephone numbers assigned for the
Prior usage of 810 for TWX
In 1962,
Service area
The numbering plan area includes all of Genesee and Lapeer counties and portions of Oakland, Macomb, St. Clair, Sanilac and Livingston counties. This area included the following communities.
Selected areas in north Oakland County areas of Oxford, Addison Township, Brandon Township, Groveland Township, and Holly are also partially served by 810.
In popular culture
Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith (Eminem) refers to area code 810 while free-styling as he fixes his car in the movie 8 Mile to insult "posers" who live in upperclass southern Macomb County suburbs (which were part of the area code in 1995 when the movie was set) instead of the lower income area code 313, which serves Detroit and Wayne County.[citation needed]
The number "810", being the area code of Flint, the band's hometown, was used in the band name King 810 after they left Equal Vision.[8]
See also
References
- ^ NANP, Planning Letter No. IL-92/11-022 (November 23, 1992)
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ NANPA Planning Letter PL-NANP-012 (October 8, 1996)
- ^ NANPA Planning Letter PL-265 (March 1, 2001)
- ^ "Transition to 10-digit dialing (for 988 as 3-digit access to National Suicide Prevention Hotline)" (PDF). North American Numbering Plan Administrator. January 8, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
- ^ Tyberghein, E.J. (July 1962). "TWX Goes Dial". Bell Laboratories Record: 232.
- ^ "Traffic Routing Guide" (PDF). AT&T. 1975. pp. Sec. 15–16.
- ^ Schafer, Joseph. "Violent pits, knife fights, and being shot: an interview with the notoriously violent King 810". Noisey.Vice.com. Noisey.Vice. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
External links
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West: 517, 989 | 810 | East: 519/226, Lake Huron
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South: 947, 586
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343/613, 416/437/647, 807
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