List of Minnesota area codes

This is a list of telephone numbering plan areas (NPAs) and area codes of Minnesota.

Area code	Location
218	northern portion of the state
320	about the central third of the state except for the greater Minneapolis-Saint Paul area
507/924	southern third of the state[1]
612	Minneapolis, Richfield, Fort Snelling, and Saint Anthony
651	Saint Paul, eastern suburbs of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area, and communities along the Mississippi River down to Wabasha
763	northwestern suburbs of Minneapolis
952	southwestern suburbs of Minneapolis plus Apple Valley and Lakeville

Minnesota numbering plan areas and area codes

History

Original numbering plan areas and area codes of Minnesota in 1952

When the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) created the first nationwide telephone numbering plan for Operator Toll Dialing in 1947 to automate and speed the connection of long-distance calls, the United States and Canada were divided into 86 geographic numbering plan areas (NPAs) and assigned the original North American area codes. Minnesota was divided into a south-eastern area including the Twin-Cities with area code 612 and the rest of the state in the south-west, north, and north-east with area code 218.^[2] In 1954, the southern half of 612 was designated a separate numbering plan area with area code 507 as the third area code for the state.

See also

• List of North American Numbering Plan area codes