Pick 216 if the number should read as Cleveland.
The 1997 list of communities that kept 216 names Cleveland, Lakewood, Euclid, Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights.
The area code for Cleveland is 216.
Area codes in Cleveland
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216 is the one code of Cleveland, and no second code has been laid over it. It dates from 1947, and 330 and 440 were split from it in 1996 and 1997.
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Cleveland has one area code.
Pick 216 for Cleveland, the city’s original code.
Pick 440 if the number is for Lorain or Mentor.
440 serves the Cleveland suburbs, with Elyria, Strongsville and Westlake, and it was split from 216 in 1997.
Pick 330 if the number is for Akron or Canton.
330 was split from 216 on March 9, 1996, and 234 was laid over it in 2000.
People filed 129 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from the Cleveland area code in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 129 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 216.
- 129unwanted-call complaints named a Cleveland code
Cleveland codes
How many complaints named a caller ID that starts with the Cleveland code.
- 1216Cleveland129
Source: Federal Communications Commission, CGB - Consumer Complaints Data (dataset 3xyp-aqkj), issue "Unwanted Calls", read on November 4, 2026. Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
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No. Akron took 330 when it was split from 216 in 1996, and Greater Cleveland kept 216.
Yes. Both are on the 1997 list of communities that kept 216, with Shaker Heights and Beachwood.
A local call in Cleveland is dialed with seven digits. The area code is part of every number you give out.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people filed 129 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Cleveland code: 216 (129). A complaint is one person's report. Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
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