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740
United States NPA Record

Area code for southeastern and central Ohio, created in 1997 by splitting from 614.

Area code for southeastern and central Ohio, created in 1997 by splitting from 614. It covers many cities outside Columbus and is Ohio's largest area code by geographic size.

IN SERVICEFirst record · 1997
§ 04.05Event Summary
overlay · 3split · 2mandatory dialing · 1permissive dialing · 1
§ 04.06 Documentary Record · 7 events CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
1997-11-08
split
actualROLE · CHILD📍 Southeastern and central Ohio

NPA 740 split from 614

📍 Southeastern and central Ohio
1998-01-01
split
actualROLE · CHILDPRECISION · YEAR📍 Ohio

NPA 740 split from 614

📍 Ohio
2014-02-03
overlay
plannedROLE · OVERLAYED📍 Ohio

NPA 220 overlay on 740 announced

NPA 220 to Overlay NPA 740 (Ohio)

📍 Ohio
2014-09-20
permissive dialing
actualROLE · AFFECTED📍 740 area code region, Ohio

Permissive 10-digit dialing period for 740/220 overlay

📍 740 area code region, Ohio
2014-10-24
overlay
plannedROLE · OVERLAYED📍 Ohio

NPA 220 overlay on 740 announced

NPA 220 to Overlay NPA 740 (Ohio)

📍 Ohio
2015-04-22
overlay
actualROLE · OVERLAYED📍 Southeastern and central Ohio

NPA 220 overlays 740

📍 Southeastern and central Ohio
2015-04-22
mandatory dialing
actualROLE · AFFECTED📍 740 and 220 area code region, Ohio

Mandatory 10-digit dialing for 740/220 overlay complex

📍 740 and 220 area code region, Ohio
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SECT 02.NPA
CURSOR 740
VISITS 0
NPAs VIEWED 1
RECORDS ACCESSED 7
SOURCES VIEWED 0
▣ STATIC PROTOTYPE