- Area codes 305 and 786
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Area code 305 was originally the default area code for the entire state of Florida. [ [http://area-code.us/!history/1947.htm NANP Area Code History: 1947] - Accessed
December 27 ,2007 ] The western part of the peninsula from theTampa Bay area south, which was served by non-Bell System telephone companies, was separated intoarea code 813 in 1953. [ [http://area-code.us/!history/1940s50s.htm NANP Area Code History: 1948 - 1959] - AccessedDecember 27 ,2007 ] As a result of the increase in the state's population, Northern Florida, from the Panhandle to Jacksonville, was assignedarea code 904 in 1965, effective Sunday,July 11 ,1965 as aflash-cut , with no formal permissive dialing period. [ [http://area-code.us/!history/1960s.htm NANP Area Code History: 1960 - 1969] - AccessedDecember 27 ,2007 ] This lasted until 1988 when the east coast of Florida from Palm Beach County north through Brevard County, as well as the Orlando metropolitan area was assignedarea code 407 . [ [http://area-code.us/!history/1980s.htm NANP Area Code History: 1980 - 1989] - AccessedDecember 27 ,2007 ] In 1995 Broward County was split from 305 and assignedarea code 954 . In 1998 area code 786 was assigned to relieve the large demand for phone lines in the Miami area. "Area Code 305" was a bar inFort Lauderdale, Florida . Each table had an inhouse phone line and its extension number was written in large characters above the table to encourage telephone flirting across the room.Fact|date=June 20081998] "Three-Oh-Five" has been the title of many Miami hip-hop songs, and the area code is a pop-culture staple in Miami.Fact|date=June 2008ee also
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List of Florida area codes
*List of NANP area codes
*North American Numbering Plan References
* [http://www.sprint.com/areacodes/florida/history.html Florida's Area Code History]
External links
Area Code Box 1 |Width=70%| State = FL | N = 954/754
W = 239
This = area code 305 partially overlaid by 786
E = 242
S = Country code +53 inCuba
S1=Bahamas
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