Area codes 903 and 430

North American area codes 903/430 are state of Texas telephone area codes for numbers in the Northeast Texas area, including Texarkana, Tyler, and Sherman. Area code 903 was created November 4, 1990, as a split from area code 214. Area code 430 was created February 15, 2003, as an overlay for area code 903. The 903/430 overlay region begins just north and east of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and extends to the Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana borders.

Map of Texas and adjacent regions, with numbering plan area 430/903 highlighted.

Service area

Counties Served by this area code:

Anderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Freestone, Grayson, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Hill, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Lamar, Leon, Madison, Marion, Morris, Navarro, Panola, Rains, Red River, Rusk, Smith, Titus, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood

Towns and cities served by this area code:

Alba, Annona, Arp, Arthur City, Athens, Atlanta, Avery, Avinger, Bagwell, Bailey, Barry, Beckville, Bells, Ben Franklin, Ben Wheeler, Big Sandy, Bivins, Bloomburg, Blooming Grove, Blossom, Bogata, Bonham, Brashear, Brookston, Buffalo, Bullard, Caddo Mills, Campbell, Canton, Carthage, Cason, Cayuga, Celeste, Centerville, Chatfield, Chicota, Clarksville, Clayton, Coffee City, Collinsville, Commerce, Como, Cookville, Cooper, Corsicana, Cumby, Cuney, Cunningham, Daingerfield, De Berry, De Kalb, Denison, Deport, Detroit, Dew, Diana, Dike, Dodd City, Douglassville, Easton, Ector, Edgewood, Elkhart, Elysian Fields, Emory, Enloe, Eustace, Fairfield, Flint, Frankston, Frost, Fruitvale, Gallatin, Gary City, Gilmer, Gober, Golden, Gordonville, Grand Saline, Greenville, Gunter, Hawkins, Henderson, Honey Grove, Hooks, Howe, Ivanhoe, Jacksonville, Jefferson, Jewett, Joinerville, Jonesville, Judson, Karnack, Kemp, Kildare, Kilgore, Kirvin, Klondike, Ladonia, Laird Hill, Lake Creek, Laneville, Larue, Leesburg, Leona, Leonard, Lindale, Linden, Lodi, Lone Oak, Lone Star, Long Branch, Longview, Mabank, Marietta, Marquez, Marshall, Maud, Maydelle, McLeod, Merit, Mertens, Midway, Minden, Mineola, Mount Enterprise, Mount Pleasant, Mount Vernon, Naples, Nash, Neches, New Boston, New London, New Summerfield, Oakwood, Omaha, Ore City, Overton, Palestine, Panola, Paris, Pattonville, Pecan Gap, Petty, Pickton, Pittsburg, Point, Pottsboro, Powderly, Powell, Poynor, Price, Purdon, Queen City, Quinlan, Quitman, Randolph, Ravenna, Redwater, Rice, Richland, Roxton, Sadler, Saltillo, Savoy, Scottsville, Scroggins, Selman City, Sherman, Simms, Southmayd, Streetman, Sulphur Bluff, Sulphur Springs, Sumner, Talco, Tatum, Telephone, Tennessee Colony, Texarkana, Tom Bean, Trenton, Tyler, Union Valley, Van Alstyne, Van, Waskom, White Oak, Whitehouse, Whitesboro, Whitewright, Windom, Winfield, Winona, Wolfe City, Woodlawn, and Yantis

History

Before its implementation in Texas in 1990, from 1962 until October 18, 1980, 903 was an actual area code for parts of northwestern Mexico served by Telefónica Fronteriza, which homed on AT&T lines in the United States rather than Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex). Telmex and the Mexican government forcibly acquired the TF exchanges, and in 1980, Telmex reorganized the area codes of the country, assigning 6 as the initial digit of 8-digit numbers in the northwest. At this point, 903 was withdrawn from use and replaced with 706 as one of two area codes used for alternative dialing into certain parts of Mexico from the United States. The other area code used for this was 905. While 903 was a genuine NANP area code, 706 and 905 were dial-around codes that replaced +52(5) for Mexico City and +52(6) for northwestern Mexico. In February 1991, 706 and 905 were withdrawn pending assignment within the NANP service area.

See also

References
    Texas area codes: 210/726, 214/469/972, 254, 281/346/713/832, 325, 361, 409, 430/903, 432, 512/737, 682/817, 806, 830, 915, 936, 940, 956, 979
    North: 580, 870
    West: 214/469/972, 254, 940 area code 903/430 East: 318, 870
    South: 936, 979
    Arkansas area codes: 479, 501, 870
    Louisiana area codes: 225, 318, 337, 504, 985
    Oklahoma area codes: 405, 539/918, 580

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