Due To High Demand The 708 Area Code Will Soon Include 464 Numbers

The south suburbs of Chicago are getting an additional area code following high demand for new phone numbers in the area.

The 464 area code will be issued starting Friday January 21st in the 708 area code region, which covers western and southern Cook County and eastern and southern Will County.

Current users of the 708 area code are not affected, as this will be for new numbers and changing number requests

From ABC 7 Chicago:

The 708 area code was introduced to the suburbs in 1989 after Illinois Bell exhausted the use of 312 numbers in those areas. After that, the 312 area code was limited to Chicago until it was split even further and the 773 area code was added to the city in 1996.

Area codes are assigned under the North American Numbering Plan, which was implemented in 1951. The plan, which serves 20 North American countries, including the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean, was created to make it easier to dial long-distance calls.

Susan Saunders 1/18/22