- Area code 415
Area code 415 is the
telephone area code for San Francisco, as well as portions of neighboring Brisbane and Daly City; andMarin County (across theGolden Gate Bridge to the north), in the state ofCalifornia ,USA .History
Area code 415 was one of the original three
area code s inCalifornia , established in 1947. It originally covered central California, south ofarea code 916 and north ofarea code 213 . [ [http://www.lincmad.com/map1947.html LincMad's 1947 Area Code Map ] ]In 1950 there was a boundary realignment in which
area code 916 was reduced to the north-eastern corner of the state and area code 415 was extended north to theOregon border. [http://massis.lcs.mit.edu/archives/areacodes/history.area.splits.2-96]For a short time in the early 1950s,
area code 318 was temporarily used by customers inEnglewood, New Jersey participating in the first customerdirect distance dialing experiment to reach San Francisco as well as some areas north of theGolden Gate . [http://www.textfiles.com/digest/TELECOMDIGEST/vol16.iss0401-0450.txt]On
March 1 ,1959 , there was a 3-way geographical split of area code 415 which created two new area codes: 707 for the North Bay (excludingMarin County ) and 408 for the South Bay. [http://www.areacode-info.com/!history/1940s50s.htm]On
September 2 ,1991 , area code 415 was split to create a new area code: 510 for Oakland and the East Bay. [http://www.nanpa.com/pdf/old_pl/IL%2090-06-023.pdf]On
August 2 ,1997 , area code 415 was split to create a new area code: 650. San Francisco,Marin County as well as portions of Brisbane and Daly City retained area code 415 while the remainder of the region to the south was assignedarea code 650 . [http://www.nanpa.com/pdf_previous/08_02_99/pl_nanp_022.pdf]In the late 1990s the 510 area code was split in two, with the areas west of the Berkeley Hills in addition to Vallejo and other parts of southern Solano County while the areas east of the hills become part of the new
Area code 925 .Cities in the 415 area code
*Bel Marin Keys
*Belvedere
*Black Point-Green Point
*Bolinas
*California Park
*Corte Madera
*Dogtown
*Fairfax
*Greenbrae
*Inverness Park
*Inverness
*Kentfield
*Lagunitas-Forest Knolls
*Larkspur
*Lucas Valley-Marinwood
*Manor
*Manzanita
*Marconi
*Marin City
*Marshall
*McNears Beach
*Meadowsweet
*Mill Valley
*Millerton
*Muir Beach
*Nicasio
*Novato
*Olema
*Paradise Cay
*Point Reyes Station
*Ross
*San Anselmo
*San Geronimo
*San Quentin
*San Rafael
*Santa Venetia
*Sausalito
*Sleepy Hollow
*Stinson Beach
*Strawberry
*Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
*Tiburon
*WoodacreReferences
*cite web |last=Madison|first=Link|url=http://www.lincmad.com/map1947.html |title=LincMad's 1947 Area Code Map|date=1999-05-27 |accessdate=2007-01-06
*cite journal|last=Moore|first=Carl|journal=TELECOM digest|url=http://massis.lcs.mit.edu/archives/areacodes/history.area.splits.2-96 |title=history.of.area.splits|date=1996-02-12 |accessdate=2007-01-06
*cite journal|last=Cuccia |first=Mark|journal=TELECOM digest|url=http://www.textfiles.com/digest/TELECOMDIGEST/vol16.iss0401-0450.txt |title=Re: When Was Direct Distance Dialing Cut In?|date=1996-08-13 |accessdate=2007-01-06
*cite web |last=Madison|first=Link|url=http://www.areacode-info.com/!history/1940s50s.htm |title=NANP Area Code History: 1948 - 1959 |accessdate=2007-01-06
*cite journal|last=Fabisch|first=M.P.|journal=Bellcore Letter|url=http://www.nanpa.com/pdf/old_pl/IL%2090-06-023.pdf |title=NANPA Revised Date for Split of 415 (California) Numbering Plan Area|date=1990-06-13 |accessdate=2007-01-06
*cite journal|last=Deak|first=J.N.|journal=North American Numbering Plan Letter|volume=PL-NANP-022|url=http://www.nanpa.com/pdf_previous/08_02_99/pl_nanp_022.pdf |title=NANPA Revised Date for Split of 415 (California) Numbering Plan Area|date=1996-11-22 |accessdate=2007-01-06ee also
*
List of California area codes
*List of NANP area codes
*North American Numbering Plan External links
Area Code Box 1|State=CA
This=area code 415
N=707
S=650
W=Pacific Ocean , 808
E=510, 707
parameter|S1=HI
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