Area code 850

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1 Background
2 Original Plan
3 Implemented Plan
4 Cities served by the 850 area code
5 Central Office Code List
6 See also
7 References

[edit] Background

Area code 850 is in use for the Florida Panhandle. [1] 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. Permissive dialing for area code 850 began June 23, 1997 and mandatory dialing began March 23, 1998.

[edit] Original Plan

Area code 850 was originally intended to be the relief code used in the 1995 split of the 904 area code. The Jacksonville, Panama City, Pensacola, and Tallahassee LATAs were to retain 904 while the Daytona Beach and Gainesville LATAs changed to 850. This plan was scrapped in favor of a plan that moved only the Gainesville LATA to a new area code, this time 352 (FLA on the telephone keypad) and kept the Daytona Beach LATA in 904 along with the rest of northern Florida. The reason for changing from 850 to 352 was a potential dialing conflict with the 407-850 office code and some rate centers in the Gainesville LATA with 7-digit EAS local calling into the 407 area code. Political pressure from the tourism industry in Daytona Beach resulted in that area being kept in the 904 area code.

[edit] Implemented Plan

In 1996 the Florida Public Service Commission had planned a 3-way split to relieve the exhausting 904 area code to take place in 1997. The Jacksonville LATA would move to a proposed 234 area code while the Daytona Beach LATA would change to the 386 area code. The Pensacola, Panama City, and Tallahassee LATAs would have retained the 904 area code. Outcry from the public and business community in the Jacksonville region as well as opposition from NANPA and the FCC forced the Florida PSC to change course and adopt the plan that was ultimately implemented with Pensacola, Tallahassee, and Panama City moving to 850 and Jacksonville and Daytona Beach retaining 904.

[edit] Cities served by the 850 area code

[edit] Central Office Code List

Alford
579, 632, 795

Alligator Point
349, 540

Altha
451, 762

Apalachicola
323, 370, 653

Baker
537, 801

Blountstown
214, 237, 674

Bonifay
373, 547, 768, 844

Bristol
447, 643

Cantonment
355, 610, 780, 937, 968

Carrabelle
646, 697

Century
256, 366, 724

Chattahoochee
663

Cherry Lake
550, 764, 929

Chipley
239, 260, 326, 415, 638, 658, 703, 845, 849

Cottondale
352, 486

Crawfordville
538, 745, 926

Crestview
305, 306, 409, 423, 546, 603, 634, 655, 682, 683, 689, 758, 826, 902

Destin
246, 269, 337, 351, 424, 460, 502, 650, 654, 687, 837

DeFuniak Springs
307, 333, 401, 419, 635, 892, 951

East Point
670, 734, 927

Freeport
835, 880

Fort Walton Beach
200, 217, 218, 225, 226, 240, 243, 244, 259, 275, 301, 302, 314, 315, 317, 344, 357, 362, 368, 374, 376, 420, 428, 467, 496, 499, 533, 543, 568, 581, 582, 585, 586, 598, 621, 642, 659, 664, 685, 699, 796, 797, 803, 830, 833, 855, 862, 863, 864, 865, 881, 882, 883, 884, 885, 974, 978, 986

Glendale
859

Graceville
263, 299, 360

Grand Ridge
592

Greensboro
442, 794

Greenville
242, 779, 948

Greenwood
594

Gretna
831, 856

Gulf Breeze
343, 565, 677, 916, 932, 934

Havana
268, 364, 539, 868

Holley-Navarre
396, 515, 710, 936, 939

Hosford
379

Jay
359, 367, 675, 918

Keaton Beach
578

Laurel Hill
652

Lee
971

Lynn Haven
265, 271, 277, 303, 441, 571, 589

Madison
253, 290, 464, 673, 846, 869, 973

Malone
569

Marianna
209, 272, 372, 394, 482, 526, 557, 573, 633, 693, 718

Milton
313, 365, 564, 623, 626, 665, 810, 981, 983

Molino
587, 840

Monticello
342, 427, 997

Munson
312, 917, 957

Pace
289, 304, 463, 686, 910, 994, 995

Panacea
713, 984

Panama City
215, 248, 249, 250, 252, 257, 258, 276, 319, 335, 338, 348, 358, 381, 387, 392, 481, 522, 527, 532, 541, 560, 596, 624, 625, 628, 629, 691, 715, 747, 757, 763, 767, 769, 770, 774, 784, 785, 793, 814, 819, 832, 851, 866, 867, 870, 871, 872, 873, 874, 890, 896, 913, 914, 960

Paxton
667, 744, 834

Pensacola
202, 206, 207, 208, 221, 232, 255, 261, 262, 266, 281, 287, 288, 291, 292, 293, 308, 310, 316, 318, 324, 332, 336, 341, 346, 356, 361, 375, 377, 378, 380, 382, 384, 390, 393, 406, 416, 417, 418, 426, 429, 430, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 444, 449, 450, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 465, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 484, 485, 490, 492, 493, 494, 497, 501, 505, 506, 507, 512, 516, 525, 529, 549, 554, 572, 595, 602, 607, 637, 698, 712, 723, 746, 748, 776, 777, 791, 802, 839, 857, 858, 887, 912, 941, 944, 969, 982

Perry
223, 295, 371, 584, 672, 838, 843

Panama City Beach
230, 233, 234, 235, 236, 238, 334, 563, 588, 636

Ponce De Leon
836

Port Saint Joe
227, 229, 340, 827, 899

Quincy
498, 627, 875

Reynolds Hill
956

Santa Rosa Beach
267, 278, 608, 622

Seagrove Bch
213, 231, 399, 468, 534, 641

Shalimar
609, 613, 651

Sneads
593

Sopchoppy
695, 962

Saint Marks
817, 925

Sunny Hills
397, 726, 773

Tallahassee
201, 205, 210, 212, 216, 219, 220, 222, 224, 228, 241, 245, 251, 254, 264, 270, 273, 274, 284, 294, 297, 298, 309, 320, 321, 322, 325, 328, 329, 339, 345, 347, 350, 354, 363, 383, 385, 386, 391, 395, 402, 410, 412, 413, 414, 421, 422, 425, 431, 443, 445, 446, 459, 487, 488, 489, 491, 504, 508, 509, 510, 513, 514, 518, 519, 521, 523, 524, 528, 531, 536, 544, 545, 551, 552, 553, 556, 558, 559, 561, 562, 566, 567, 570, 574, 575, 576, 577, 580, 590, 591, 597, 599, 606, 617, 644, 645, 656, 657, 668, 671, 681, 688, 692, 694, 701, 702, 709, 727, 728, 738, 766, 778, 792, 807, 841, 847, 853, 877, 878, 879, 891, 893, 894, 895, 901, 906, 907, 915, 921, 922, 923, 933, 942, 980

The Beaches
647, 648, 991

Tyndall AFB
282, 283, 286, 620

Valparaiso
279, 353, 389, 517, 678, 729, 897

Vernon
388, 535

Walnut Hill
327

Westville
548

Wewawhitchka
639, 742

Youngstown Fountain
403, 722, 753

State of Florida area codes: 239, 305, 321, 352, 386, 407, 561, 727, 754, 772, 786, 813, 850, 863, 904, 941, 954
	North: 251 , 334
West: 251	area code 850	East: 352, 386
	South: Gulf of Mexico
State of Florida area codes: 239, 305, 321, 352, 386, 407, 561, 727, 754, 772, 786, 813, 850, 863, 904, 941, 954