Area codes 847 and 224 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the U.S. state of Illinois. The numbering plan area (NPA) comprises the northeastern part of Illinois and many northern suburbs of Chicago. This includes most of Lake County, the northern part of Cook County, the northern part of Kane County, and a small part of McHenry County.
Area code 847 was created on January 20, 1996, in a three-way split of area code 708. Within only five years, 847 was already close to exhaustion from the rapid growth in telecommunication services in the Chicago suburbs and the proliferation of cell phones and pagers. On January 5, 2002, area code 224 was assigned to overlay area code 847. This required ten-digit dialing in all affected communities.
Service area
See also
- List of North American Numbering Plan area codes
- List of Illinois area codes
External links
- NANPA area code map of Illinois
- List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 847 Area Code
- List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 224 Area Code
| North: 262 | ||
| West: 815/779 | area code 847 and 224 | East: Lake Michigan |
| South: 630/331, 708, 773 | ||
| Wisconsin area codes: 262, 414, 534/715, 608, 920 | ||