# Area code 863

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Telephone area code for south-central Florida

**Area code 863** is a telephone [area code](/source/Area_code) in the [North American Numbering Plan](/source/North_American_Numbering_Plan) for a part of south-central [Florida](/source/Florida). The numbering plan area comprises the [Heartland](/source/Florida_Heartland), as well as Polk County in [Central Florida](/source/Central_Florida). Some of the larger cities in the numbering plan area include [Lakeland](/source/Lakeland%2C_Florida), [Bartow](/source/Bartow%2C_Florida), [Winter Haven](/source/Winter_Haven%2C_Florida), [Lake Wales](/source/Lake_Wales%2C_Florida), [Sebring](/source/Sebring%2C_Florida), [Clewiston](/source/Clewiston%2C_Florida), [Avon Park](/source/Avon_Park%2C_Florida), [Arcadia](/source/Arcadia%2C_Florida), [Poinciana](/source/Poinciana%2C_Florida), and Okeechobee City.

## History

Numbering plan area (NPA) 863 used to be part of [NPA 305](/source/Area_code_305), which was originally the entire state of Florida. In 1953, the southwest Florida coast was split off with [area code 813](/source/Area_code_813), while all of north Florida was split off with [area code 904](/source/Area_code_904) in 1965. The southeast portion retained 305. Area code 813 was unmodified for 43 years until 1996, when the 13 counties outside of the immediate Tampa Bay area (all but Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco counties) were assigned [area code 941](/source/Area_code_941). In 1999, numbering plan area 863 took its current form as the coastal counties kept 941, while the rest received area code 863.

## Service area

Numbering plan area 863 includes the total area of the following counties: [Polk](/source/Polk_County%2C_Florida), [Hardee](/source/Hardee_County%2C_Florida), [Highlands](/source/Highlands_County%2C_Florida), [Glades](/source/Glades_County%2C_Florida), and [Hendry](/source/Hendry_County%2C_Florida). It also includes almost the entire areas of [De Soto](/source/DeSoto_County%2C_Florida) and [Okeechobee](/source/Okeechobee_County) counties, and small parts of [Hillsborough](/source/Hillsborough_County%2C_Florida),[1] and [St. Lucie](/source/Saint_Lucie_County%2C_Florida) counties.

Area code 863 is Florida's first [land-locked](/source/Land-locked) area code (not counting the northwest portion of [area code 386](/source/Area_code_386)).

## See also

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

- [List of North American Numbering Plan area codes](/source/List_of_North_American_Numbering_Plan_area_codes)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["863 Area Code - Location map, time zone, and phone lookup"](https://www.allareacodes.com/863).

## 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)

- [Map of Area Code 863](https://www.zipdatamaps.com/area-code-863)

Florida area codes: 239, 305/786/645, 321, 352, 386, 407/689, 561/728, 727, 772, 813/656, 850/448, 863, 904/324, 941, 954/754 North: 321/407/689, 352 West: 813/656, 941 863 East: 561/728, 772 South: 239, 954/754

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