Area code 661 is a

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...

telephone A telephone is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be easily heard directly. A telephone converts sound, typically and most efficiently the human voice, into el ...

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that covers the majority of

Kern County Kern County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 909,235. Its county seat is Bakersfield. Kern County comprises the Bakersfield, California, Metropolitan statistical area. The county ...

, as well as part of

Los Angeles County Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles, and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the most populous county in the United States and in the U.S. state of California, with 9,861,224 residents estimated as of 2022. It is th ...

, Santa Barbara County, and Tulare County. It was split from area code 805 on February 13, 1999. Principal cities in the 661 area code are

Bakersfield Bakersfield is a city in Kern County, California, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Kern County. The city covers about near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley and the Central Valley (California), Central Valley r ...

, Palmdale, Santa Clarita, and Lancaster.

Places in the 661 area code

Kern County

* Arvin *

* Bear Valley Springs * Buttonwillow * Caliente * Delano *

Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force installation in California. Most of the base sits in Kern County, but its eastern end is in San Bernardino County and a southern arm is in Los Angeles County. The hub of the base is E ...

* Famoso *

Fellows Fellows may refer to Fellow, in plural form. Fellows or Fellowes may also refer to: Places * Fellows, California, USA * Fellows, Wisconsin, ghost town, USA Other uses * Fellows Auctioneers, established in 1876. *Fellowes, Inc., manufacturer of wo ...

* Frazier Park * Golden Hills * Grapevine *

Havilah Havilah ( ''Ḥăwīlāh'') refers to both a land and people in several books of the Bible; the one mentioned in , while the other is mentioned in . Biblical mentions In one case, Havilah is associated with the Garden of Eden, that mentioned in ...

* Keene * Lake of the Woods * Lamont * Lebec * Lost Hills * Maricopa * McFarland * McKittrick * Mettler * Mojave * North Edwards *

Oildale Oildale is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Oildale is located north-northwest of downtown Bakersfield, at an elevation of . The population was 32,684 at the 2010 census, up from 27,885 at the 2000 censu ...

* Pine Mountain Club * Rosamond * Rosedale * Shafter * South Taft * Stallion Springs * Taft * Taft Heights * Tehachapi *

Tupman Tupman is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Tupman is located west-southwest of Bakersfield, at an elevation of . The population was 161 at the 2010 census, down from 227 at the 2000 census. Geography Acco ...

* Valley Acres * Walker Basin * Wasco * Weedpatch * Wheeler Ridge

Los Angeles County

* Acton * Agua Dulce * Antelope Acres *

Castaic Castaic () ( Chumash: ''Kaštiq''; Spanish: ''Castéc'') is an unincorporated community in the northwestern part of Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 19,015. For statistical purposes the Census Bure ...

* Del Sur * Desert View Highlands * Gorman * Green Valley * Juniper Hills * Lake Hughes *

Lake Los Angeles Lake Los Angeles is a census-designated place (CDP) in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 12,328 at the 2010 census, up from 11,523 at the 2000 census. It is located east of Palmdale's Civic Center. According to the ...

* Lancaster * Leona Valley * Littlerock * Llano * Neenach * Palmdale * Pearblossom *

Quartz Hill Quartz Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 10,912 at the 2010 census, up from 9,890 at the 2000 census. The name is also shared with the neighboring district areas of its bo ...

* Santa Clarita * Stevenson Ranch *

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...

* Val Verde * Valyermo

Santa Barbara County

Cuyama Cuyama (; ( Chumash: ''Kuyam'', meaning "Clam")) is a census-designated place in Santa Barbara County. California. It is located in the Cuyama Valley, near the Carrizo Plain. The Cuyama River runs adjacent to the town, flowing west towards t ...

New Cuyama New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator ...

Tulare County

* Allensworth * Earlimart * Posey

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