When dialing the phone or texting someone, you may notice three numbers that come before the actual phone number. Area codes have been around since the 1940s and are apart of the North American Numbering Plan.
But how many does our area in Central Pennsylvania have?
According to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC), an area code is a three-digit code to signal the electronic routing equipment that the call is long distance. Pennsylvania as a whole only had four area codes up until 1997. They were:
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