Area codes 816 and 975

<p>Area codes 816 and 975 are telephone <a href="/facts/Area_code/jaryReDv">area codes</a> in the <a href="/facts/North_American_Numbering_Plan/0QQ8v3ph">North American Numbering Plan</a> (NANP) for most of the Missouri side of the <a href="/facts/Kansas_City%2c_Missouri/N8GxbWWR">Kansas City</a> <a href="/facts/Kansas_City_metropolitan_area/xLz4tQL0">metropolitan area</a>, the <a href="/facts/St._Joseph%2c_Missouri/X7HIGMrQ">St. Joseph</a> area, and all or part of 15 surrounding counties in northwestern <a href="/facts/Missouri/wQ3VAb99">Missouri</a>.
</p><p>Upon its establishment as one of the <a href="/facts/Original_North_American_area_codes/EWUcPcBz">original 86 area codes</a> in 1947, area code 816 designated the western part of Missouri. bordering with <a href="/facts/Arkansas/Qun124UP">Arkansas</a>, <a href="/facts/Illinois/MuPb1Ctn">Illinois</a>, <a href="/facts/Iowa/taAwUvKE">Iowa</a>, <a href="/facts/Kansas/koenIXmE">Kansas</a>, <a href="/facts/Nebraska/g9hHfRFU">Nebraska</a>, and <a href="/facts/Oklahoma/fK28L1a4">Oklahoma</a>. The numbering plan area was reduced in 1950 and 1997, and converted to an <a href="/facts/Overlay_complex/faRNxFIj">overlay complex</a> with area code 975 in 2002.
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Area codes 816 and 975