Author name: Dileep Kumar Hakwani

The 562 area code covers Long Beach, Lakewood, Whittier, Downey and Norwalk in California. See the cities, time zone, history and scam call tips.

The 281 area code covers Houston, Texas and suburbs such as Katy, Sugar Land and The Woodlands, with 713, 832, 346 and 621. See time zone and history.

The 559 area code covers Fresno, Clovis, Visalia and the central San Joaquin Valley in California, with 357. See time zone, history and scam call tips.

The 315 area code covers Syracuse, Utica, Watertown and the rest of central and northern New York, with 680. See time zone, history and scam call tips.

The 240 area code covers the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. and western Maryland, with 301 and 227. See cities, time zone, history and scam tips.

The 916 area code covers Sacramento, Elk Grove, Roseville and Folsom in California, with the 279 overlay. See the time zone, history and scam call tips.

The 717 area code covers south-central Pennsylvania: Harrisburg, Lancaster, York, Lebanon and Gettysburg, with 223. See time zone, history and scam tips.

The 314 area code covers St. Louis, Missouri and its inner suburbs, with the 557 overlay. See the cities, time zone, history since 1947 and scam call tips.

The 617 area code covers Boston, Cambridge, Brookline, Newton and Quincy in Massachusetts, with 857. See the time zone, history since 1947 and scam tips.

The 626 area code covers the San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles County: Pasadena, West Covina, El Monte and Alhambra. See time zone, history and scam tips.