Area code 360 is the area code for western Washington outside of the greater Seattle metropolitan area. It began service on January 15, 1995. The area, which encompasses all of western Washington outside of urban King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties and Bainbridge Island, was previously part of Area code 206. The 360 area code was one of the first two area codes that did not take the N1X or N0X form (i.e., the middle digit is neither 0 nor 1) in the North American Numbering Plan, along with Alabama area code 334, which began service on the same day.^[1]

Cities and towns in area code 360:

• Aberdeen
• Arlington
• Bellingham
• Bremerton
• Centralia
• Kelso
• Mount Vernon
• Oak Harbor
• Olympia
• Port Angeles
• Vancouver

In 1999, an overlay area code of 564 was to be introduced to the entire 360 area; however the implementation has been delayed indefinitely by order of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission. Currently, the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission forecasts that supply of 360 area code numbers will not be exhausted until 2012^[2].

[edit] See also

• Washington Area codes
• List of NANP area codes

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• NANPA Washington area code map
• List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 360 Area Code

State of Washington area codes: 206, 253, 360, 425, 509
	North: 250, 604, 778
West: Pacific Ocean, 250	Area Code 360	East: 206, 253, 425, 509
	South: 503, 971
Province of British Columbia Area Codes: 250, 604, 778
State of Oregon area codes: 503, 541, 971