# Area code 727

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Area code for Pinellas County, Florida, United States

**Area code 727** is a telephone [area code](/source/NPA_code) in the [North American Numbering Plan](/source/North_American_Numbering_Plan) (NANP) for a narrow coastal region in the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Florida](/source/Florida) west of [Tampa](/source/Tampa%2C_Florida) including [St. Petersburg](/source/St._Petersburg%2C_Florida) and [Clearwater](/source/Clearwater%2C_Florida).

## History

727 was going to be introduced in an [area code overlay](/source/Area_code_overlay) to 813. At the time, overlays were a new concept and since overlays result in mixing area codes within the same area (issuing the new code to new numbers) requiring 10-digit dialing, they were often met with public resistance. [GTE](/source/GTE) (now part of [Frontier Communications](/source/Frontier_Communications)), the dominant carrier in most of the [Tampa Bay Area](/source/Tampa_Bay_Area), switched the proposal to a [split plan](/source/Split_plan).

The split largely followed county lines, with the notable exception of Oldsmar, most of which stayed in 813. Oldsmar's trunk is wired into the Tampa line, and it would have been too expensive for GTE to rewire it.

## Service area

Area code 727 covers [Pinellas County](/source/Pinellas_County%2C_FL), [Florida](/source/Florida) (including [St. Petersburg](/source/St._Petersburg%2C_Florida), [Clearwater](/source/Clearwater%2C_Florida), and [Pinellas Park](/source/Pinellas_Park), among many other municipalities, but excluding the majority of [Oldsmar](/source/Oldsmar)), and the western third of [Pasco County](/source/Pasco_County%2C_Florida) (including [Port Richey](/source/Port_Richey), [New Port Richey](/source/New_Port_Richey), and [Holiday](/source/Holiday%2C_Florida)). For 43 years, the 13 counties around [Tampa Bay](/source/Tampa_Bay), including cities such as [Sarasota](/source/Sarasota%2C_Florida), [Ellenton](/source/Ellenton%2C_Florida), and [Port Charlotte](/source/Port_Charlotte%2C_Florida) were in [area code 813](/source/Area_code_813). In 1998, Pinellas County and the western part of Pasco County were split into area code 727.

## See also

- [List of Florida area codes](/source/List_of_Florida_area_codes)

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

## References

## External links

- ["Area Code Maps"](https://www.nanpa.com/resources/area-code-maps). [North American Numbering Plan Administrator](/source/North_American_Numbering_Plan_Administrator).

- [Florida's Area Code History](http://www.sprint.com/areacodes/florida/history.html)

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