Local 909 numbers

Get a 909 phone number for Ontario, Fontana and Pomona.

Ask for 909 when you create a number on ExpressNumber, and the number you hand out reads as local from Pomona to Redlands. It rings the phone you already carry, and you burn it when it starts to attract the wrong calls.

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This is how you get a 909 number.

  1. Start your 7 days free and open Create a number.
  2. Type 909 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 909 because their buyers and renters are there.

A used car ad is read by people nearby.

Give them a 909 number that rings your phone, and burn it when the car is sold.

A job hunt spreads your number around.

Staffing agencies and application forms get a number you can end when you are hired.

A room for rent near a campus fills the phone.

Take the calls on a number that is gone once the room is.

This is where a 909 number is from.

Area code 909 covers the southwestern part of San Bernardino County and the eastern edge of Los Angeles County.

On the San Bernardino side that means Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, Fontana, Chino, Chino Hills, Montclair, Colton, Loma Linda, Highland, Redlands and Yucaipa, up to Big Bear City. On the Los Angeles side it means Pomona, Claremont, La Verne, San Dimas, Diamond Bar and Walnut. Small parts of Orange and Riverside counties are in it too.

  • Ontario
  • Rancho Cucamonga
  • Fontana
  • Pomona
  • Chino
  • Chino Hills
  • Redlands
  • Claremont
  • Colton
  • Yucaipa
  • Diamond Bar
  • Big Bear City

These are the facts about area code 909.

From the public records of the body that runs US phone numbering, read October 13, 2026.

Place
Ontario, Fontana and Pomona, California
In service since
1992
Local calls are dialed with
1 plus ten digits
Shares its area with
840 (2021)
Split from
714 (1951)
Codes split from it
951 (2004)

909 entered service on November 14, 1992, when it was split from 714. In 2004 it was divided again, and the new code, 951, took its own area.

A second code, 840, was laid over the 909 area and entered service on February 23, 2021. A local call is dialed as 1 plus all ten digits.

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People ask these questions about getting a 909 number.

More in the full FAQ.

Create a number in your dashboard, type 909 as the area code and give it a name, such as Car for sale. It is live in about a minute. You do not need to live in California: calls ring the phone you already carry.

Yes, for taking calls and texts. A mechanic, a tutor or a landlord near a campus can put a 909 number on the flyer and the listing, take the calls on their own phone and burn the number when the job is done.

951 was split from 909 in 2004 and covers its own area, so they read as different places. A 909 number covers Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, Fontana, Chino, Redlands, Pomona and Claremont, and 840 covers 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. Read October 13, 2026.

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