Sometimes I get phone calls from area codes I don’t recognize. It annoys me. Then I found the Area Code Locator site. I had some fun checking out the different area codes to see what the next 3 digits to the phone numbers would be and if the match from state to state. Guess it is the number person in me that couldn’t resist. The answer is…

Yes, it goes from 200 to 999. I was surprised to see xxx-555-xxxx listed.

Being me… I clicked on Missouri area code 417. Then I scrolled down and found 417-555 and clicked on it. This brought me to the Reverse Phone Lookup and I tried 417-555-1212 to see what city and state it would be attached to… and the answer is… Springfield, MO. That’s when I noticed the MO for Missouri. I realized this site could also be used to find the abbreviation for those states I can’t ever remember.

I also realized you could type the phone number in with dashes or not. It is a smart enough system to figure it out. This is for the United States only, which helps since that limits what numbers they are going to get. Still, it includes Delaware… which I thought was pretty cool.

I did notice that when I used the AreaCodeLocator.org site, that the Reverse Phone Lookup took you to a different site. No problem, I just like to be aware when I’m playing around. Also, if you continue with the Reverse Phone Lookup, it will cost you some money to get all the information. I don’t usually need to go that far, so this will work great for me. Now I have a post on it, so I can always do a quick look in my blog to find it. Phew… .

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