List of Kansas area codes
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The state of Kansas
is served by the following area codes:
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
is served by the following area codes:
- 316Area code 316Area Code 316 is the area code for telephone exchanges in the city of Wichita, Kansas and surrounding communities. The area code formerly covered all of southern Kansas.-History of area codes in Kansas:...
, which serves the city of WichitaWichita, KansasWichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...
and the surrounding area. - 620Area code 620Area Code 620 was the result of a split from 316 on February 3 2001. It covers most telephone exchanges in southern Kansas. It stretches from the Colorado state line on the west to the Missouri state line on the east, while excluding the Wichita Metropolitan Area . The permissive dialing period for...
, which serves most of southern Kansas, excluding those areas covered by the 316 area code. - 785Area code 785Area Code 785 was the result of a split from 913 on July 20 1997. It covers most telephone exchanges in northern Kansas. It stretches from the Colorado state line on the west to the Missouri state line on the east, while excluding the Kansas City Metropolitan Area . The permissive dialing period...
, which serves most of northern Kansas, excluding those areas covered by the 913 area code. - 913Area code 913Area Code 913 is the area code for telephone exchanges located in the Kansas portion of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. Prior to July 20 1997, 913 covered all of northern Kansas from the Colorado state line to the Missouri state line...
, which serves the Kansas portion of the Kansas City Metropolitan AreaKansas City Metropolitan AreaThe Kansas City Metropolitan Area is a fifteen-county metropolitan area that is anchored by Kansas City, Missouri and is bisected by the border between the states of Missouri and Kansas. As of the 2010 Census, the metropolitan area has a population of 2,035,334. The metropolitan area is the...
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