Area code 831 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for a small region of the U.S. state of California. The numbering plan area (NPA) comprises Monterey County, San Benito County, and Santa Cruz County. The area code was created on July 11, 1998 in a split from area code 408.
Service area
The service area of NPA 831 includes Big Sur, Monterey Bay, the Salinas Valley, and the southwestern Santa Cruz Mountains.
Major cities in the area are Salinas, Hollister, Monterey, Santa Cruz and places in the northern Central Coast.[1]
Monterey County
- Aromas
- Boronda
- Carmel Highlands
- Carmel Valley Village
- Carmel-by-the-Sea
- Castroville
- Chualar
- Del Monte Forest
- Del Rey Oaks
- Elkhorn
- Gonzales
- Gorda
- Greenfield
- Jolon
- King City
- Las Lomas
- Lockwood
- Lucia
- Marina
- Monterey
- Moss Landing
- Pacific Grove
- Pajaro
- Pebble Beach
- Prunedale
- Salinas
- San Ardo
- San Lucas
- Sand City
- Seaside
- Soledad
- Spreckels
San Benito County
Santa Cruz County
See also
References
- ^ "831 Area Code | Free Area Code Search". 2009-04-04. Archived from the original on 2009-04-04. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
External links
| North: 408/669, 650 | ||
| West: Pacific Ocean, 808 | area code 831 | East: 209, 559 |
| South: 805 | ||
| Hawaii area codes: 808 | ||