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The phone numbers in the United States of America as well as Canada includes three digit area code followed by three digit exchange code and an unique four digit number. The Area codes in the USA indicate a large geographical area in the country. Each of these area codes has hundreds of exchange codes enlisted under it. These exchange codes indicates more specific geographical areas.

The area code 616 of Michigan is one of the oldest and original area code of the United States of America since 1947. The area code 616 covers mostly all the western lower peninsula of the state of Michigan. It also covers a major part of the upper peninsula of Michigan. This area code has been split between three cities. These cities are Wyoming, Grand Rapids and Holland. There are many beautiful towns and cities that lie within the area code 616. However, there are some major metropolitan areas like Ionia, Kent and Ottawa counties which are known as Grand Haven.

The Michigan Public Service Commission started an area code split so that the telephone numbers can grow in the regions of southwest Michigan. Thus with the help of AT&T the Public Service Commission divided the area code 616 into two separate codes 269 and 616. The residents started dialling the new code 269 from 13th July, 2002. According to the approval of this plan of the Michigan public Service Commission the northern part of the area code 616 remained the same. The users of the northern part dialled the old code. The northern part of the area code 616 has been divided along the boundaries of Hamilton, Saugatuck, Hopkins, Middleville, Wayland, Woodland and Hastings.

When it was first introduced in 2002, the users could call using either of the two codes. That was the period when the selection of the area codes was optional for the users to make a call. This optional period lasted for seven months. During this optional dialling period the user could make calls using either of the area codes along with the seven digit number. The optional dialling period ended in the first half of 2003. After that the user had to use the proper area codes while dialling a number, and they also used eleven digit numbers to make a call.

The area code 616 covers seventeen counties and sixty six cities. The seventeen counties include Allengan, Barry, Branch, Calhoun, Cheboygan, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Ionia, Kent, Manistee, Missaukee, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Ottawa and Van Buren. The cities that falls under area code 616 of Michigan are Ada, Hudsonville, Allendale, Ionia, Alto, Jamestown, Jenison, Belding, Kent city, Belmont, Kentwood, Borculo, Lake Odessa, Burnips, Byron Center, Lamont, Lowell, Caledonia, Marne, Macatawa, Cannonsburg, Cascade, Moline, Casnovia, Nunica, Cedar Springs, Orleans, Clarksville, Port Sheldon, Comstock Park, Conklin, Rockford, Coopersville, Sand Lake, Saranac, Cutlerville, Smyrna, Dorr, Sparta, Dutton, Spring Lake, East Grand Rapids, Standale, Eastmanville, Trufant, Ferrysburg, Wabaningo, Forest Hills, Walker, Gowen, West Olive, Grand Haven, Whitehall, Grand Rapids, Grandvillle Wyoming, Greenville, Zeeland, and Holland.