Area code 708

Telephone area code 708 covers most of Chicago's southern suburbs. It currently serves most of western and southern Cook County and eastern and southern Will County in the state of Illinois, USA.

Area code 708, in lavender.

Area code 708 was split off from area code 312 on November 11, 1989, and once covered almost all of Chicago's suburbs on the Illinois side. In 1996, it was reduced to its current size in a three-way split. The northern suburbs became area code 847, while the western suburbs became area code 630. Area code 464 is being reserved as an overlay area code for 708 to provide additional numbering options for this area.

Area code 708 was Illinois' first new area code since 309 was created in 1957 and the second new code for the state since the NANP went online in 1947.

Communities included

Alsip Beecher Bellwood Berwyn Blue Island Bridgeview Broadview Burbank Calumet City Chicago Heights Chicago Ridge Country Club Hills Crest Hill Crete Dolton Elmwood Park Evergreen Park Flossmoor

Forest Park Glenwood Harvey Harwood Heights Hazel Crest Hickory Hills Homewood Justice La Grange Lansing Lyons Markham Matteson Maywood Melrose Park Midlothian Mokena

Norridge Oak Forest Oak Lawn Oak Park Orland Park Palos Hills Palos Park Park Forest Richton Park River Forest River Grove Riverdale South Holland Steger Tinley Park Westchester Western Springs Worth

See also

• List of NANP area codes
• List of Illinois area codes

External links

• Map of Illinois area codes at North American Numbering Plan Administration's website
• List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 708 Area Code

Illinois area codes: 217, 224/847, 309, 312, 331/630, 618, 708, 773, 779/815, 872

	North: 847/224, 773
West: 815/779, 630/331	area codes 708	East: 219, 773/872
	South: 815/779
Indiana area codes: 219, 260, 317/463, 574, 765, 812/930