Area code 916

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North American area code 916 is a state of California telephone area code which was one of the first three original area codes established in California in October, 1947. It covered the far north portion of the state. It was split in a flash-cut sometime during 1958, creating area code 209. 916 was again split on November 1, 1997 creating area code 530, and at that time Dixon moved from 916 to 707. Today, 916 covers only the state capital of California and its immediate area.

Contents 1 Towns and cities 1.1 Placer County 1.2 Sacramento County 1.3 Yolo County 2 Popular culture 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Towns and cities

Towns and cities served by this area code: Roseville, Sacramento, Citrus Heights, Rocklin, Elk Grove, Antelope, Lincoln, El Dorado Hills, Folsom, Rancho Cordova.

Generally, 916 encompasses Sacramento and its surrounding suburbs.

[edit] Placer County

• Granite Bay
• Lincoln
• Loomis
• Newcastle
• North Auburn
• Rocklin
• Roseville

[edit] Sacramento County

• Antelope
• Arden-Arcade
• Carmichael
• Citrus Heights
• Elk Grove
• Fair Oaks
• Florin
• Folsom
• Foothill Farms
• Gold River
• Isleton
• La Riviera
• Laguna
• Locke
• North Highlands
• Orangevale
• Parkway-South Sacramento
• Rancho Cordova
• Rancho Murieta
• Rio Linda
• Rosemont
• Sacramento
• Vineyard
• Walnut Grove
• Wilton

[edit] Yolo County

• Broderick
• Bryte
• Clarksburg
• West Sacramento
• Woodland

[edit] Popular culture

• 916 is the area code used by Turk on the show Scrubs in the episode My Malpractical Decision. He chooses it because it is supposed to spell out 916-Call-Turk. In reality, it actually spells out 916-Call-Tur.

The Davis, CA based rock band Game Theory mentions this area code in the song 'I've Tried Subtlety' from the album Big Shot Chronicles.

"All the kids from 916 came down / And were misdirected trying to find the grounds"

[edit] See also

• List of California area codes
• List of NANP area codes
• North American Numbering Plan

[edit] External links

• NANPA Area Code Map of California
• List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 916 Area Code

State of California Area Codes: 209, 213, 310, 323, 408, 415, 424, 510, 530, 559, 562, 619, 626, 650, 657, 661, 707, 714, 747, 760, 805, 818, 831, 858, 909, 916, 925, 949, 951
	North: 530
West: 530, 707	area code 916	East: 530
	South: 209, 925