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North American area code 760 is a California telephone area code which encompasses much of the eastern portion of the state, as well as a great deal of Southern California. The area code includes Imperial, Inyo, and Mono Counties, as well as portions of San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Kern Counties.

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1 History
- 1.1 Manual service
- 1.2 Kelso
2 Rate centers
3 Sources
4 See also

History

760 was created March 22, 1997 out of what were then parts of the area codes 714 and 619. In less than two years, however, the North American Numbering Plan Administration stated that the area code was running out of telephone numbers, and proposed two possibilities for remedying the situation: a geographic area code split, or an area code overlay. However, the public was dissatisfied with these possibilities, so the state instead examined the possibility of conserving telephone numbers, a great deal of which are currently held but unused by various companies within the area code. A proposed split as of October 2000 was postponed. Hearings have been held in February 2007 to revive this split proposal.

The association responsible for giving out area codes and phone numbers proposes either dividing the 760 area code into two areas – one that would keep the 760 and one would be assigned a new code, 442. The study also suggest that they could impose an “overlay” in which new customers would be given the 442 area code.[1]

Manual service

Areas within this area code which had manual service in history include:

Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, California
Kelso, San Bernardino County, California
Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley, Inyo County, California

Kelso

In the 1940s, Kelso, a Union Pacific Railroad town, had manual service. There was a single telephone in the community located at the railroad depot. Manual service in the area was on a party line and utilized ringing patterns. Kelso's ring was 1 long and 2 short according to oral history related by a 1940s resident.

Rate centers

Rate centers located in area code 760: Baker, Barstow, Barstow Yermo DA, Benton, Big Pine, Bishop, Blythe, Boron, Borrego, Brawley, Bridgeport, Calexico, California City, California Village, Calipatria, Cima, Crowley Lake, Death Valley, Desert Center, Desert Hot Springs, Eagle Mountain, Earp: Earp DA, Earp: Lost Lake DA, El Centro, El Mirage, Encinitas, Escondido, Fallbrook, Fort Irwin, Havasu Lake, Holtville, Homestead Valley, Imperial, Independence, Indio, Inyokern, Joshua Tree, Julian, June Lake, Kernville, Lake Isabella, Lee Vining, Lenwood, Lone Pine, Lucerne Valley, Mammoth Lakes, Morongo Valley, Mountain Pass, Needles, Newberry, Oceanside: Carlsbad DA, Oceanside: Oceanside DA, Oceanside: Pendleton DA, Ocotillo, Olancha, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Palo Verde, Parker Dam, Pauma Valley, Pine Creek, Pinyon, Ramona, Randsburg, Ridgecrest, Salton, San Diego: San Diego DA, San Marcos, Shoshone, Summit Valley, Trona, Twentynine Palms, Valley Center, Victorville, Victorville Adelanto, Victorville Apple Valley, Victorville Hesperia, Vista, Warner Springs, Weldon, Winterhaven, Wrightwood, Wrightwood Phelan, Yucca Valley, 760 NPA DA

Sources

Report on the 760 Area Code by the California Public Utilities Commission, Telecommunications Division (warning: this link leads to a large PDF file)

State of California Area Codes: 209, 213, 310, 323, 408, 415, 424, 510, 530, 559, 562, 619, 626, 650, 657 (upcoming), 661, 707, 714, 760, 805, 818, 831, 858, 909, 916, 925, 949, 951
	North: 530, 702, 775
West: 209, 559, 619, 661, 858, 909, 951	area code 760	East: 928
	South: Country code +52 in Mexico
State of Arizona area codes: 480, 520, 602, 623, 928
State of Nevada Area Codes: 702, 775

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