Area Code 817
Area code 817 is a U.S based Texas telephone area code, and is near the Fort Worth area, which is in the central timezone. It was created as a flash-cut, which is a change made right away in a complex system, without any phase-in time. This was done in 1953, although all of the original area codes were created in October of 1947. There is no available information in any databases that tell which area code it is split from. Though judging by proximity it is likely to have come from the 915 area code. Also, according to a message that was posted to Telecom Digest, Carl Moore has also said it is likely to have come from 915, as well as from small parts of area code 214. On October 7th of 2000, area code 682 was created as an overlay for 817. In 1997, on May 25th, it was also split into area codes 254 and 940. This is just one of the many area codes that are based in the Texas area.
If you're getting any calls from this area code it could be coming from any of the counties, towns or cities that are listed below. There are several counties that are served by this area code that include Bell, Bosque, Carson, Collin, Dallas, Denton, Eastland, Ellis, Grayson, Hamilton, Hidalgo, Hood, Johnson, Mclennan, Milam, Palo Pinto, Parker, Tarrant, and Wise. There are 69 cities and towns covered by this area code, some such as Arlington, Trophy Club, North Richland Hills, Dallas and of course Forth Worth.
Area Code 817 has a population that is roughly composted of 1, 934, 508. The average house value is around $93, 628.73 and the average house income is $48, 900.40. There's an average of 2.7 people per house. The median age in this area is 33 in general, 32.5 for males and 34.9 for females. There's an average population of 959, 565 male's, and 974, 943 females. The majority of the population is White, which is followed by Hispanic, Black, Asian, Indian and Hawaiian. All of the demographic data here is based on the Census from 2000.
The area code 817 covers some of the largest cities in Texas, Fort Worth being the 6th largest in the state and 17th in the United States.. If you are ever in the general area Fort Worth would be a great place to visit. Fort Worth, Texas was originally established in 1849 as an Army Outpost on a bluff that overlooked the Trinity River.