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Kansas City, MO area codes and time zone
Quick answer
Kansas City is served by area codes 816, 913, keeps CST time (GMT-6), and sits in county FIPS 29095.
- Area codes
- 816 · 913Within 25 miles of the city centre
- Time zone
- CSTAmerica/Chicago
- UTC offset
- GMT-6CDT in summer (UTCGMT-5)
- County FIPS
- 29095Jackson County
Dialling from and to Kansas City
What this means when you pick up the phone.
Because more than one code covers this area, ten-digit dialling applies for local calls: area code plus number, every time. From abroad, dial +1 then the ten digits.
How Kansas City came to have several area codes
Why one city can carry several codes.
Area codes are assigned to geography, then exhausted as demand grows. Kansas City — population about 508k — is covered by codes 816, 913, drawn from within 25 miles of the city centre. Because these 2 codes serve the same footprint, they are overlays: the number pool ran low and a new code was layered on top rather than splitting the city apart. All ten digits are required for every local call.
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