Area code 217

Area code 217 is the North American telephone area code for much of western and central Illinois. The 217 area includes Illinois' capital Springfield, plus Champaign, Urbana, Decatur, Danville, Quincy, and Rantoul. 217 was one of the original area codes, which were created in 1947.

Originally, 217 included most of Metro East, the Illinois side of the St. Louis area. However, a slight boundary shift in 1951 moved most of the southern portion of Metro East to 618, leaving the northern portion in 217. The only other significant change in 217's boundaries was in 1957, when its northern portion was combined with part of area code 815 to form area code 309.^[1]

Communities included

Other cities, villages, and towns in the 217 area code include:

Arthur Athens Auburn Augusta Beardstown Benld Casey Carlinville Carthage Chandlerville Charleston Chatham Clinton Danville Effingham Forsyth Georgetown Gibson City Gillespie Girard Greenup Hamilton Harvel Hillsboro Hoopeston

Illiopolis Indianola Jacksonville Jerome Leland Grove Lincoln Litchfield Macomb Macon Mahomet Maroa Marshall Mattoon Meredosia Monticello Morrisonville Mount Auburn Mount Zion Nauvoo New Berlin Nokomis Ogden Palmer Pana Paris

Paxton Petersburg Pittsfield Quincy Raymond Riverton Rochester Rushville Shelbyville Southern View St. Joseph Strasburg Sullivan Thawville Taylorville Teutopolis Toledo Tolono Tuscola Urbana Virden Westville Waggoner Warrensburg

See also

• List of North American Numbering Plan area codes
• List of Illinois area codes

References

1. "Area code 309". AreaCodeHelp.com. Retrieved August 12, 2015.

External links

• NANPA Area Code Map of Illinois
• List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 217 Area Code

Illinois area codes: 217, 224, 309, 312, 331, 618, 630, 708, 773, 779, 815, 847, 872
	North: 309, 319, 815/779
West: 573	Area code 217	East: 765, 812
	South: 618
Missouri area codes: 314, 417, 573, 636, 660, 816
Iowa area codes: 319, 515, 563, 641, 712
Indiana area codes: 219, 260, 317, 574, 765, 812/930

Coordinates: 39°52′00″N 88°57′00″W / 39.8666667°N 88.95°W