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How to Use Google to Find Out Where Any Area Code is Located
Have you ever had a call on your phone and you weren’t sure who it was? Then, after performing a reverse lookup, you were unable to locate the owner of the phone number?
Well, there’s a way you can do the next best thing. You can easily find out where the area code is located. All you have to do is type in the three digit area code into any Google search box and hit enter.
For example, if I were to get a call from 517-545-XXXX, I could type 517 into Google and it would bring up the following results:
You’ll notice that Google provides a nice little image of a map and a link to a map of area code 517. You can also find that the Lansing, Michigan is one of the big cities contained in the 517 area code.
Upon clicking on the map, you’ll be transferred to WhitePages.com and be able to view a map of the area code.
An alternative to viewing the area code map at WhitePages.com is to click on the link directly under it that will take you to Wikipedia. Wikipedia provides all sorts of useful information about the area code 517, as you can see below:
Interesting Fact about Area Code Designation
Have you ever wondered if area codes are assigned at random? I found out a few weeks ago that they are not. Back when all phones were rotary phones (with a dial), it was easiest to dial area codes that contained low numbers. Since no area codes start with the number one, the most important area code would be 212, which was assigned to New York City. 213 was assigned to Los Angeles. 313 to Detroit, the once-booming automobile city, and so on.
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You say that important cities get lower numbered area codes. What does that say about places like Kansas, where three out of four area codes are high numbers (316, 620, 785, 913)?
To be honest, Kansas is playing a more important role in our national economy with the way food prices are skyrocketing… Perhaps the FCC should reconsider and give Kansas some better area codes!