# Area code 269

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Telephone area code for southwestern Michigan

Map of area code 269 in [Michigan](/source/Michigan).

**Area code 269** is the [telephone](/source/Telephone) [area code](/source/Area_code) serving the southwest portion of [Michigan](/source/Michigan)'s [Lower Peninsula](/source/Lower_Peninsula_of_Michigan).[1]

## History

*269* was created as a split of [area code 616](/source/Area_code_616) on July 13, 2002. The 269 area covers roughly the lower third of 616 before the split. [Frontier](/source/Frontier_Communications) and [AT&T](/source/AT%26T) are the predominant local telephone carriers.

## Service area

Communities using *269* include [Decatur](/source/Decatur%2C_Michigan), [Dowagiac](/source/Dowagiac%2C_Michigan), [Allegan](/source/Allegan%2C_Michigan), [Battle Creek](/source/Battle_Creek%2C_Michigan), [Kalamazoo](/source/Kalamazoo%2C_Michigan), [Buchanan](/source/Buchanan%2C_Michigan), [Paw Paw](/source/Paw_Paw%2C_Michigan), [Portage](/source/Portage%2C_Michigan), [Otsego](/source/Otsego%2C_Michigan), [Plainwell](/source/Plainwell%2C_Michigan), [St. Joseph](/source/St._Joseph%2C_Michigan), [Benton Harbor](/source/Benton_Harbor%2C_Michigan), [Marshall](/source/Marshall%2C_Michigan), [Niles](/source/Niles%2C_Michigan), [Three Rivers](/source/Three_Rivers%2C_Michigan), [Sturgis](/source/Sturgis%2C_Michigan), [South Haven](/source/South_Haven%2C_Michigan), [Berrien Springs](/source/Berrien_Springs%2C_Michigan), and [Bridgman](/source/Bridgman%2C_Michigan).

## See also

- [List of NANP area codes](/source/List_of_NANP_area_codes)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [North American Numbering Plan Administration](/source/North_American_Numbering_Plan) (2012). ["NANPA Area Codes Map: Michigan"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080630055917/http://www.nanpa.com/area_code_maps/display.html?mi). *Nanpa.com*. [NeuStar](/source/NeuStar). Archived from [the original](http://www.nanpa.com/area_code_maps/display.html?mi) on 30 June 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2013.

## External links

- [Planning letter 294, which detailed the plan of 269's creation](http://www.nationalnanpa.com/pdf/pl-nanp-294.pdf) (PDF file)

- [List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 269 Area Code](https://web.archive.org/web/20090530021339/http://www.areacodedownload.com/269/index.html)

Michigan area codes: 231, 248/947, 269, 313/679, 517, 586, 616, 734, 810, 906, 989 North: 616 West: Lake Michigan area code 269 East: 517 South: 219, 260, 574 Indiana area codes: 219, 260, 317/463, 574, 765, 812/930

[42°15′N 85°30′W / 42.25°N 85.50°W / 42.25; -85.50](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Area_code_269&params=42.25_N_85.50_W_region:US-MI_scale:500000)

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