Area code 574

Area code 574 is a North American Numbering Plan area code for South Bend/North Central Indiana. The area code serves the metropolitan South Bend area, including South Bend, Mishawaka, Elkhart, Goshen, Plymouth, and Warsaw.

History

Eventual depletion of numbers in area code 219 by the end of the 20th century prompted a three-way split of the area code. As the result of a random drawing, Northwest Indiana retained 219, 260 was assigned to Northeast Indiana (Fort Wayne), and North Central Indiana received 574. The area codes split on January 15, 2002, with mandatory dialing taking effect five months later on June 14, 2002. ^[1]

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