Area Code 865
Bell Laboratories and AT&T were the first to introduce an area code system in 1940 that came into effect much later in 1947. It came to be known as the NANP or North American Numbering Plan and included Canada and the United States. NANP is the agency that is chiefly concerned with assigning phone numbers.
In 1947, provinces as well as states that had one area code were provided three digit numbers as area codes with zero as their middle number. For example, Florida was allocated the area code 305 and Connecticut was allocated the area code 203. In 1947, the number of area codes was not more than 86. Provinces as well as States that had more than a single area code were provided three digit codes with one as their middle number. For instance, the area code of different regions of California is 213 and 916 while the area codes for various areas of New York are 518 and 212. The first as well as the third digits were provided after taking into consideration the population density of the city and of course the region that falls under a specific area code. The most densely populated areas were assigned the lowest numbers. The area that covers the New York City was assigned 212 and it’s the surrounding areas was assigned the area code 914.
865 is the area code for phone numbers of Tennessee, the United States. Area code 865 includes a major portion of the “Knoxville-Sevierville-La Follette Combined Statistical Region”. Area code 865 was created after it got separated in the year 1999 from the area code 423. The transformation from 423 to 865 took place after four years from the previous transformation, i.e. from the area code 615. Previously, area code 615 was being used in this province for 40 years (approximately).
The following states are covered by the area code 865
Tennessee
The following counties are served by the area code 865
Blount, Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Davidson, Grainger, Hamblen, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Loudon, Marion, Meigs, Monroe, Roane, Union, Sevier
The following cities are served by area code 865:
Alcoa, Andersonville, Bean Station, Blaine, Briceville, Bybee, Caryville, Clinton, Concord, Corryton, Cosby, Cumberland Gap, Dandridge, Friendsville, Gatlinburg, Greenback, Harriman, Heiskell, Jefferson City, Jellico, Kingston, Knoxville, Kodak, Lake City, Laurel Bloomery, Lenoir City, Loudon, Louisville, Luttrell, Maryville, Mascot, Maynardville, Mooresburg, Orristown, Nashville, New Market, New Tazewell, Newport, Norris, Oak Ridge, Oliver Springs, Parrottsville, Philadelphia, Pigeon Forge, Powder Springs, Powell, Rockford, Rockwood, Rutledge, Sevierville, Seymour, Sharps Chapel, South Pittsburg, Strawberry Plains, Sweetwater, Talbott, Tallassee, Ten Mile, Thorn Hill, Townsend, Walland, Washburn, White Pine
Area code 865 records an estimated population of 873, 146. In other words, nearly 873, 146 people are registered with the phone services of this area code.
The carriers of area code 865 include:
United States Cellular Corpenn
Cricket Communications
Bellsouth Telecomm Incn
Sprint Spectrum
New Cingular Wireless Pcs
Blue Licenses Holding
Brooks Fiber Communications Of Tenn