Area code 234
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234 and 330 are North American
telephone
area codes
for part of Northeast Ohio
, United States
. Area code 330 was established on March 9, 1996. The overlay
, area code 234, was established on October 30, 2000, but phone numbers were not assigned to it until 2003. They cover the Akron
, Canton
, Youngstown
, and Warren
areas. Ten-digit dialing
has been mandatory since October 1, 2000.
Area codes 234 and 330 were originally part of Area code 216
, one of the original North American Numbering Plan codes. Some of the first 234 numbers were assigned in 2003, when a new FedEx
Custom Critical office opened on Boettler Rd. in Green, Ohio
.
Area code 234 was planned to become the area code for the Jacksonville, Florida
area, but local businesses and the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) split the existing area code, 904
, into area codes 850
and 386
.
North American
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telephone
Telephone
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area codes
Telephone numbering plan
A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunications to allocate telephone numbers to subscribers and to route telephone calls in a telephone network. A closed numbering plan, such as found in North America, imposes a fixed total length to numbers...
for part of Northeast Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Area code 330 was established on March 9, 1996. The overlay
Overlay plan
In telephony, especially in North America, an overlay plan is the practice of introducing a new area code by applying it onto a geographic area that is already occupied by one or more existing area codes, resulting in two area codes serving the same area.- Methodology :Prior to the introduction of...
, area code 234, was established on October 30, 2000, but phone numbers were not assigned to it until 2003. They cover the Akron
Akron, Ohio
Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...
, Canton
Canton, Ohio
Canton is the county seat of Stark County in northeastern Ohio, approximately south of Akron and south of Cleveland.The City of Caton is the largest incorporated area within the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area...
, Youngstown
Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County; it also extends into Trumbull County. The municipality is situated on the Mahoning River, approximately southeast of Cleveland and northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
, and Warren
Warren, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 46,832 people, 19,288 households and 12,035 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,912.4 people per square mile . There were 21,279 housing units at an average density of 1,322.9 per square mile...
areas. Ten-digit dialing
10-digit dialing
In the United States and Canada, 10-digit dialing is a popular term used to refer to the practice of including the area code of a phone number when dialing...
has been mandatory since October 1, 2000.
Area codes 234 and 330 were originally part of Area code 216
Area code 216
216 is the North American telephone area code for Cleveland, Ohio and some suburban communities in Cuyahoga County.It was one of the original area codes issued in the North American Numbering Plan on January 1, 1947...
, one of the original North American Numbering Plan codes. Some of the first 234 numbers were assigned in 2003, when a new FedEx
FedEx
FedEx Corporation , originally known as FDX Corporation, is a logistics services company, based in the United States with headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee...
Custom Critical office opened on Boettler Rd. in Green, Ohio
Green, Ohio
Green is a suburban city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 25,699 at the 2010 census. It is located almost exactly midway between the cities of Akron and Canton, although it is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
.
Area code 234 was planned to become the area code for the Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...
area, but local businesses and the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
(FCC) split the existing area code, 904
Area code 904
Area code 904 is in use for much of the First Coast region of the U.S. state of Florida, including all of the metropolitan area of Jacksonville. At its largest, it covered the entire northern half of Florida. It was split from area code 305 on Sunday, July 11, 1965, as a "flash-cut" with no formal...
, into area codes 850
Area code 850
Area code 850 is in use for the Florida Panhandle, USA. Area code 904 was used for the entire part of northern Florida from 11 July 1965, when 904 split from 305, until 904 itself was split in the mid-1990s...
and 386
Area code 386
386 is an area code in northern Florida. It is one of the few area codes in North America which is not contiguous. Area code 904 lies in between the two portions of 386. The largest city in 386 is Deltona.-Description:...
.