Area code 906

Area code 906

Area code 906 is the telephone area code for the entire Upper Peninsula of Michigan, including the following cities:
* Marquette, Michigan
* Menominee, Michigan
* Ishpeming, Michigan
* Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan
* Escanaba, Michigan
* Ironwood, Michigan
* Houghton, Michigan
* Norway, Michigan
* Iron Mountain, Michigan
* Mackinac Island, Michigan

It is, in terms of population, one of the smallest area codes in North America, with only about 320,000 people in the region served by 906.It was created as a split from 616 on Sunday, March 19, 1961, as a flash-cut, with no official permissive dialing period.

History

906 was created because part of northern Michigan was threatening to secede,Fact|date=September 2008 either becoming part of Wisconsin, or create Superior, to be named after one of the Great Lakes. Despite dating from 1961, it is not expected to be exhausted until 2023. [http://www.nanpa.com/pdf/NRUF/April%202006%20NPA%20Exhaust%20Projections.pdf]

ee also

*List of NANP area codes

External links

* [http://www.nanpa.com/area_code_maps/display.html?mi Map of Michigan area codes] at North American Numbering Plan Administration's [http://www.nanpa.com/ website]

Area Code Box 2 | State = MI | This = area code 906
N = 705, Lake Superior
W = 715
E = 705, Lake Huron
S = 231, 715, 920, Lake Michigan
S1 = ON | S2 = WI


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