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Get a 708 phone number for the south suburbs of Chicago.

Ask for 708 when you create a number on ExpressNumber, and the number you hand out reads as the south and near west suburbs of Chicago, from Oak Park to Tinley Park. It rings the phone you already carry, and you burn it in one tap.

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This is how you get a 708 number.

  1. Start your 7 days free and open Create a number.
  2. Type 708 as the area code and give the number a name.
  3. Hand it out. Calls ring the phone you already carry, and texts land in your inbox.
  4. Burn it in one tap when you are done. Calls and texts to it stop at once.
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People ask for 708 when the search is in the south or near west suburbs.

An apartment or a two-flat for rent in Oak Park or Berwyn draws calls from many strangers.

List it with a 708 number, take the calls on your own phone and burn the number once the lease is signed.

A used car for sale in Orland Park or Tinley Park brings texts from buyers all week.

Post a 708 number with the photos, set it to Texts only and keep your own number off the ad.

A moving job or a roofing quote in Oak Lawn ends in follow-up calls.

Give each company its own 708 number. Block the ones you did not choose.

This is where a 708 number is from.

Area code 708 serves most of western and southern Cook County and eastern and southern Will County, as the Illinois Commerce Commission puts it. Chicago itself uses 312, 773 and 872.

The Commission names Oak Lawn, Berwyn, Oak Park, Orland Park, Tinley Park, Calumet City, Chicago Heights, Harvey, Blue Island, La Grange and Maywood among many more. 464 is laid over the same area.

  • Cicero
  • Oak Lawn
  • Berwyn
  • Oak Park
  • Orland Park
  • Tinley Park
  • Calumet City
  • Chicago Heights
  • Harvey
  • Blue Island
  • La Grange
  • Maywood

These are the facts about area code 708.

From the public records of the body that runs US phone numbering, read October 21, 2026.

Place
the south and west suburbs of Chicago, Illinois
In service since
1989
Local calls are dialed with
1 plus ten digits
Shares its area with
464 (2022)
Split from
312 (1947)
Codes split from it
847 (1996) and 630 (1996)

708 was split from 312 and entered service on November 11, 1989, when the Chicago suburbs took the new code and the city kept 312. In 1996 the north suburbs left for 847 and the west suburbs for 630, and 708 kept the south and near west.

464 was laid over 708 and entered service on January 21, 2022. Local calls are dialed as 1 plus all ten digits, and that has been mandatory since October 24, 2021.

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People ask these questions about getting a 708 number.

More in the full FAQ.

Create a number in your dashboard, type 708 as the area code and give it a name, such as Two-flat for rent. It is live in about a minute. You do not need to live in Illinois: calls ring the phone you already carry.

Yes, for taking calls and texts. A roofer, a tutor or a mover in Oak Lawn can put a 708 number on the flyer and the website, take the calls on their own phone and burn the number when the job is done.

Yes. The 708 area takes in Oak Lawn, Berwyn, Oak Park, Orland Park, Tinley Park and Calumet City. 464 numbers cover the same area.

No. Your numbers are receive-only: they take calls and texts, and they never make them. You answer calls on your own phone, and you cannot reply to a text from the inbox.

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Every fact on this page comes from public numbering records.

The state, the dates and the related codes are rows of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator's area code database. The places are from its planning letters and the state’s own pages. Read October 21, 2026.

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