# Area code 414 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Area_code_414 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Area_code_414.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_code_414 > Source revision: 1340715326 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Area code around Milwaukee, Wisconsin}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} right|400px|Map of Wisconsin showing area codes '''Area code 414''' is a telephone [area code](/source/area_code) of the [North American Numbering Plan](/source/North_American_Numbering_Plan) for the area around and including the city of [Milwaukee](/source/Milwaukee) in the state of [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin). ==History== The area code was created in October 1947, along with [area code 715](/source/area_code_715), as one of the two original area codes assigned to Wisconsin. The numbering plan area (NPA) originally included most of the southern and eastern Wisconsin, stretching from [Lake Michigan](/source/Lake_Michigan) to the [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota) and [Iowa](/source/Iowa) borders. 715, then as now, covered the remaining northwestern part. The numbering plan area was first split in 1955, when much of the western portion, including [Madison](/source/Madison%2C_Wisconsin), received [area code 608](/source/area_code_608). This configuration remained in place until July 26, 1997, when the northern half of NPA 414, including [Green Bay](/source/Green_Bay%2C_Wisconsin) and the [Fox River Valley](/source/Fox_Valley_(Wisconsin)), became numbering plan area [920](/source/Area_code_920). The creation of 920 was intended as a long-term solution, but within a year 414 was close to exhaustion once again due to the proliferation of cell phones and pagers. In 1998, the [North American Numbering Plan Administration](/source/North_American_Numbering_Plan_Administration) assigned [area code 262](/source/area_code_262) as a second area code for southeastern Wisconsin. The initial proposal called for 262 to be an [overlay](/source/overlay_plan) for the 414 territory. However, overlays were a new concept at the time, and met with considerable resistance due to the requirement for [ten-digit dialing](/source/ten-digit_dialing). As a result, effective September 25, 1999, the new area code was implemented as a geographic split, with nearly all of the old 414 territory outside of [Milwaukee County](/source/Milwaukee_County) transferring to 262. Today, area code 414 covers all of Milwaukee County, including the city of Milwaukee. It also serves slivers of [Waukesha County](/source/Waukesha_County%2C_Wisconsin), including portions of [Muskego](/source/Muskego%2C_Wisconsin) and [Brookfield](/source/Brookfield%2C_Wisconsin), as well as the industrial "Ambrosia triangle" which is within the Milwaukee city limits. The Milwaukee portion of [Washington County](/source/Washington_County%2C_Wisconsin), mostly an industrial area, also stayed in 414 after the split. Milwaukee is the center of one of the largest toll-free calling zones in the country. No long-distance charges are applied to calls within the 414 territory as well as calls to and from portions of the 262 territory, such as [Racine](/source/Racine%2C_Wisconsin), [Waukesha](/source/Waukesha%2C_Wisconsin), and [Menomonee Falls](/source/Menomonee_Falls%2C_Wisconsin).{{Cite web|url=https://www.localcallingguide.com/lca_listexch.php?ename=Milwaukee®ion=WI&npa=&lata=&lir=|title=Local calling guide: Rate centre search|website=www.localcallingguide.com|accessdate=1 January 2026}} Despite the Milwaukee area's continued growth, 414 is nowhere near exhaustion. The latest projections did not list an exhaust date for 414, meaning that the Milwaukee area will not need another area code for at least 30 years.{{cite web |title=2020-2 NRUF and NPA Exhaust Analysis |url=https://nationalnanpa.com/reports/2020-2NPAExhaustProjectionsFinal.pdf |publisher=[North American Numbering Plan](/source/North_American_Numbering_Plan) Administration |accessdate=February 2, 2020}} Prior to October 2021, area code 414 had telephone numbers assigned for the [central office code](/source/central_office_code) 988. In 2020, ''988'' was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the [National Suicide Prevention Lifeline](/source/National_Suicide_Prevention_Lifeline), which created a conflict for exchanges that permit [seven-digit dialing](/source/seven-digit_dialing). This area code was therefore scheduled to transition to [ten-digit dialing](/source/ten-digit_dialing) by October 24, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://nationalnanpa.com/pdf/PL_556.pdf|date=January 8, 2021|publisher=North American Numbering Plan Administrator |title=Transition to 10-digit dialing (for 988 as 3-digit access to National Suicide Prevention Hotline)|access-date=March 9, 2021}} ==In popular culture== The area code gained infamy in 1983, when a gang of six Milwaukee-area teenagers, calling themselves [The 414s](/source/The_414s), broke into several high-profile computer systems across the [United States](/source/United_States) and [Canada](/source/Canada). The City of Milwaukee officially started celebrating Milwaukee Day in 2009. It is celebrated on April 14, or "4/14", in honor of Milwaukee's area code. When the [Milwaukee Brewers](/source/Milwaukee_Brewers) have a home game on the day at [American Family Field](/source/American_Family_Field), many of the tickets are priced at $4.14 in honor of the day to encourage attendance during April, when the season starts and games outside [Opening Day](/source/Opening_Day) outside rivalries are less attended. Due to the [2022 Major League Baseball season](/source/2022_Major_League_Baseball_season) being delayed due to a lockout, that year's home opener against the rival [St. Louis Cardinals](/source/St._Louis_Cardinals) occurred on April 14 (though with a reduced allocation of $4.14-priced tickets), and the game's first pitch was thrown at 4:14 p.m. [Central](/source/Central_Time_Zone).{{cite news|url=https://www.wpr.org/batter-its-414-day-and-brewers-take-field-their-opening-day|title=Batter up! It's '414 Day' and the Brewers take to the field on their opening day|last=Haynes|first=Hanna|date=14 April 2022|publisher=[Wisconsin Public Radio](/source/Wisconsin_Public_Radio)|access-date=27 April 2022}} The [Milwaukee Bucks](/source/Milwaukee_Bucks)' new arena, [Fiserv Forum](/source/Fiserv_Forum), was nicknamed the "Four-One-Forum" by fans in an homage to the area code.{{cite web |last1=Radcliffe |first1=JR |title=The new Bucks arena is called Fiserv Forum, and naturally, everybody freaked out |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nba/bucks/2018/07/27/fans-take-humorous-jabs-new-bucks-arenas-fiserv-forum-name/847189002/ |website=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |accessdate=November 21, 2018 |date=July 27, 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Jannene |first1=Jeramey |title=Bike to a Bucks Game |url=https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2018/09/28/eyes-on-milwaukee-bike-to-a-bucks-game/ |website=Urban Milwaukee |accessdate=November 21, 2018 |date=September 28, 2018}} ==See also== * [List of Wisconsin area codes](/source/List_of_Wisconsin_area_codes) * [List of North American Numbering Plan area codes](/source/List_of_North_American_Numbering_Plan_area_codes) == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Area_code_footer|Map=WI}} {{Area code box|State=WI |This=Area Code 414 |N=[262](/source/area_code_262) |S=[262](/source/area_code_262) |E=[Lake Michigan](/source/Lake_Michigan), [616](/source/area_code_616) |W=[262](/source/area_code_262) | S1=MI }} {{coord|43|N|88|W|region:US-WI_scale:500000|display=title}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Area Code 414}} 414 414 Category:Telecommunications-related introductions in 1947 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Area code 414](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_code_414) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_code_414?action=history)). 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