Phone Detective
Instant Phone Number Checks

Area code 269 provides information on the telephone area code of the southwestern region of Michigan state’s lower peninsular region. This area code serves 10 counties and 73 cities in the state of Michigan. Area code 269 was created after splitting the previously exisiting Area code 616 in July 2002.

The geographical split of Area code 616 was approved by the Public Service Commission in Michigan under case number U- 12850 to unburden the load on Area code 616.

The reasons cited by the Commission for the need of a geographical split were:
- The original Area code 616 has never been changed since its creation in 1949
- Area code 616 covers a very large geographical area that includes 16 counties, making it difficult to accommodate new numbers and new customers
- Both the businesses as well as the residential customers were in favor of a geographical split of the original area code as this could provide relief to the existing area code by dividing it into parts to create a new area and assigning new area code for this new region.

Thus the approved plan implemented a geographical split of the area along the north south boundary lines. According to this division, the customers in the region along the north and south of Hamilton, Saugatuck, Wayland, Hopkins, Hastings, Middleville and Woodland were assigned the new area code no 269 while the customers in the remaining area retained the old area code 616.

According to this mandate, the new Area code 269 serves the southern region of the original Area Code 616.

The 10 counties covered by Area code 269 are:
- Allegan
- Berrien
- Barry
- Cass
- Calhoun
- Eaton
-Kent
- Kalamazoo
- Van Buren
- Saint Joseph

The cities covered by Area code 269 are:
Alto, Allegan, Athens, Augusta, Baroda, Bangor, Bellevue, Battle Creek, Bloomingdale, Bridgeman, Berrien Springs, Benton Harbor, Burr Oak, Buchanan, Caledonia, Centrevilee, Climax, Ceresco, Cassopolis, Colon, Coloma, Covert, Constantine, Decatur, Dowagiac, Delton, Eau Claire , Fulton, Fennvile, Galien, Galesburg, Gobles, Grand Junction, Hartford, Hamilton, Hastings, Hopkins, Hickory Corners, Kalamazoo, Lawton, Lawrence, Marshall, Marcellus, Martin, Mendon, Mattawan, Nashwille, Niles, New Buffalo, Olivet, Paw Paw, Otsego, Portage, Plainwell, Pullman, Saint Joseph, Richland, Saugatuck, Schoolcraft, Sawyer, Scotts, South Haven, Sturgis, Three Rivers, Three Oaks, Union, Vicksburg, Vandalia, Watervliet, White Pigeon, Wayland, and Woodland.

There are 395 exchanges in this area code, starting from 200 and ending with 998.


Telecommunication Service Providers in Area code 269

Some of the telphone service providers operating in this region are Level 3 Communications, LLC, Telnet worldwide, INC, Verizon North INC-MI, Arch Wireless Holdings, INC, Michigan Bell Tel Co- MI, Communications Corporation of Michigan MI, Alltel Communications, INC, Sprint Spectrum L.P., US Xchange of Michigan, LLC DB, Centennial Michiana License CO, American Messaging, (AM), INC, Lucre, INC, Arch Wireless Holdings, INC , Southwest Michigan Communication, INC, Telnet Worldwide, INC, Talk America, INC, - MI, United States Cellular Corp, Nextel Communications, INC, Centurytel Midwest- Michigan, INC, Omnipoint Communications Midwest, INC