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- Area_code_606 abstract "Area code 606 is a telephone area code serving the easternmost part of the state of Kentucky. It covers Ashland, Hazard, Manchester, Somerset, London, Corbin, Paintsville, Pikeville, Maysville and other parts of eastern Kentucky. Most of its service area lies within the Kentucky region known as the Eastern Mountain Coal Fields.It was created in 1954 as a split from area code 502, and originally covered the eastern half of Kentucky, from the Lexington area to the West Virginia border. Notably, it was one of the first three area codes with "0" as the middle digit that wasn't assigned to an entire state; the others were area code 507 in Minnesota and area code 607 in New York. In 1999, most of the northwestern portion of the old 606 territory, including Lexington and Northern Kentucky, split off as area code 859. Conventional wisdom suggested that Lexington and Northern Kentucky should have kept 606. Lexington was by far the largest city in the old area code, and together with Northern Kentucky accounted for almost two-thirds of its population. However, the rural portion of 606 is one of the poorest areas of the nation; 16 of the poorest counties in the nation by median income are in 606. The Kentucky Public Service Commission and BellSouth (now part of AT&T), the dominant carrier in the area at the time, decided to let the rural portion retain 606 in order to spare residents and businesses in this notoriously impoverished area the expense and burden of having to change their numbers. The 859 split left 606 as one of the most thinly populated area codes in the country. It is not currently projected to exhaust until 2029.".
- Area_code_606 thumbnail Area_Code_606_map.png?width=300.
- Area_code_606 wikiPageExternalLink index.html.
- Area_code_606 wikiPageID "5877160".
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- Area_code_606 e "304".
- Area_code_606 hasPhotoCollection Area_code_606.
- Area_code_606 n "937740".
- Area_code_606 s "423".
- Area_code_606 s "OH".
- Area_code_606 s "TN".
- Area_code_606 s "VA".
- Area_code_606 s "WV".
- Area_code_606 state "KY".
- Area_code_606 this "area code 606".
- Area_code_606 w "859270".
- Area_code_606 subject Category:1954_introductions.
- Area_code_606 subject Category:Area_codes_in_Kentucky.
- Area_code_606 subject Category:Area_codes_in_the_United_States.
- Area_code_606 comment "Area code 606 is a telephone area code serving the easternmost part of the state of Kentucky. It covers Ashland, Hazard, Manchester, Somerset, London, Corbin, Paintsville, Pikeville, Maysville and other parts of eastern Kentucky. Most of its service area lies within the Kentucky region known as the Eastern Mountain Coal Fields.It was created in 1954 as a split from area code 502, and originally covered the eastern half of Kentucky, from the Lexington area to the West Virginia border.".
- Area_code_606 label "Area code 606".
- Area_code_606 label "Indicatif régional 606".
- Area_code_606 sameAs Indicatif_régional_606.
- Area_code_606 sameAs m.0fbbt5.
- Area_code_606 sameAs Q4788594.
- Area_code_606 sameAs Q4788594.
- Area_code_606 wasDerivedFrom Area_code_606?oldid=578717738.
- Area_code_606 depiction Area_Code_606_map.png.
- Area_code_606 isPrimaryTopicOf Area_code_606.
