Area code 810
Area code 810 is the telephone area code serving eastern Michigan.
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[edit] Cities covered
- Brighton
- Burton
- Clio
- Fenton
- Flint
- Flushing
- Grand Blanc
- Hamburg
- Lakeland
- Lapeer
- Linden
- Marysville
- Mount Morris
- Port Huron
- Sandusky
- St. Clair
- Swartz Creek
- selected areas in the north Oakland County areas of Oxford, and Addison, are also served by 810.
[edit] History
When it was implemented on December 1, 1993, 810 was Michigan's first new area code since 1961 and received much fanfare. It originally served all suburbs of Detroit north of Wayne County and communities farther north that were formerly served by 313.
When area code 248 was created in 1997, it included Macomb County, St. Clair County, Lapeer County, Sanilac County, Genesee County, and part of Livingston including Brighton. This led to a situation in which residents of southwest Macomb County could leave their area code area by traveling one or two miles westwards, but reenter it by continuing west for another 30 miles.
In the early 21st century, when area code 586, including most of Macomb County, was split off from 810, only the northern communities of Macomb and Oakland counties remained served by 810.
Eminem refers to 810 while freestyling as he fixes his car in the movie 8 Mile.
[edit] Prior usage for TWX
The 810 area code (along with area codes 510, 610, 710, and 910) was used prior to 1981 by AT&T for their TWX, or TeletypeWriter eXchange network. The area code was decommissioned for TWX usage in 1981 when Western Union, who had acquired the TWX network in 1969 from AT&T and renamed it Telex II, upgraded the network to "4-row" ASCII operation (it previously used both "3-row" Baudot and ASCII transmission).
[edit] See also
| Michigan area codes: 231, 248, 269, 313, 517, 586, 616, 734, 810, 906, 947, 989 | ||
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| North: 989 | ||
| West: 517, 989 | area code 810 | East: 519/226, Lake Huron |
| South: 734, 248/947, 586 | ||
| Ontario area codes: 226, 249, 289, 343, 365, 416, 519, 613, 647, 705, 807, 905 | ||
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