Editing Area code 914

{{short description|Area code of Westchester County, New York}}
[[File:New York State and surrounding areas Area codes Jan 2024.png|right|thumb|350px|Area codes in [[New York (state)|New York state]]; area code 914 highlighted in yellow]]

'''Area code 914''' is the telephone [[area code]] in the [[North American Numbering Plan]] (NANP) for [[Westchester County, New York]].

Area code 914 was one of the first area codes announced when the North American Numbering Plan was created in October 1947,<ref name=area914>{{cite web|title=Area Code History|url=http://www.area-codes.com/area-code-history.asp|publisher=Area-Codes}}</ref> when it was assigned to a numbering plan area (NPA) comprising [[Delaware County, New York|Delaware]], [[Dutchess County, New York|Dutchess]], [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau]], [[Orange County, New York|Orange]], [[Putnam County, New York|Putnam]], [[Rockland County, New York|Rockland]], [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk]], [[Sullivan County, New York|Sullivan]], [[Ulster County, New York|Ulster]], and [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester]] counties, an area largely coextensive with the New York state portion of the [[New York metropolitan area]], excluding [[New York City]], which received [[area code 212]]. In 1951, [[Long Island]] (Nassau and Suffolk counties) received [[area code 516]] in a split of 914.<ref name=area914/><ref name=areacode>{{cite web|title=914 Area Code|url=http://www.allareacodes.com/914|publisher=All Area Codes}}</ref>

This configuration remained for 49 years. By the end of the 1990s, the increasing demand for [[cell phones]] and [[Internet]] dial-up connections caused concerns for exhaustion of the numbering pool. In mitigation, numbering plan area 914 was reduced to Westchester County on June 5, 2000. The remainder was assigned the new [[area code 845]]. Area code 914 was retained by all cellphones in use in the plan area before the split.<ref name=areacode/>

Prior to October 2021, area code 914 had telephone numbers assigned for the [[central office code]] 988. In 2020, ''988'' was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the [[National Suicide Prevention Lifeline]], which created a conflict for exchanges that permit [[seven-digit dialing]]. This area code was therefore scheduled to transition to [[ten-digit dialing]] by October 24, 2021.<ref name="pl556">{{cite web|url=https://nationalnanpa.com/pdf/PL_556.pdf|date=January 8, 2021|publisher=North American Numbering Plan Administrator |title=Transition to 10-digit dialing (for 988 as 3-digit access to National Suicide Prevention Hotline)|access-date=March 9, 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of New York area codes]]
*[[List of NANP area codes]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Area_code_footer|Map=NY}}
*[http://www.zipdatamaps.com/area-code-914 Interactive Map of Area Code 914]
*[http://www.truckroadservice.com/914_845_split_area_code.html 914/845 prefix split information]

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{{Area code box|State=NY
| This=Area code 914
| N=[[area codes 845 and 329|845/329]]
| S=[[area codes 718, 347, and 929|718/347/929]], [[area code 917|917]]
| E=[[area codes 203 and 475|203/475]]
| W=[[Area codes 201 and 551|201/551]], [[area codes 845 and 329|845/329]]
| S1=CT|S2=NJ}}
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[[Category:Westchester County, New York]]
[[Category:Area codes in the United States|914]]
[[Category:Area codes in New York (state)|914]]
[[Category:Telecommunications-related introductions in 1947]]