Area codes 847 and 224 are telephone

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. The numbering plan area (NPA) comprises the northeastern part of Illinois and many northern suburbs of

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. This includes most of Lake County, the northern part of

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, the northern part of Kane County, and a small part of McHenry County. Area code 847 was created on January 20, 1996, in a three-way

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of area code 708. Within only five years, 847 was already close to exhaustion from the rapid growth in telecommunication services in the Chicago suburbs and the proliferation of cell phones and pagers. On January 5, 2002, area code 224 was assigned to overlay area code 847. This required ten-digit dialing in all affected communities.

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* Algonquin *

Antioch Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou'', Learned ; also Syrian Antioch) grc-koi, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπ� ...

* Arlington Heights * Bannockburn * Barrington * Barrington Hills * Beach Park * Buffalo Grove * Burlington *

Carpentersville Carpentersville is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. The population was 37,983 at the 2020 census. Geography Carpentersville is located at (42.121156, -88.274679). According to the 2010 census, Carpentersville has a total ...

* Cary *

Channel Lake Channel Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Antioch Township, Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 1,581. Geography Channel Lake is located in northwestern Lake Count ...

* Deerfield * Deer Park * Des Plaines *

East Dundee East Dundee is a village in Kane County with a small section in Cook County. The population was 3,152 at the 2020 census. Geography East Dundee is located at . According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, East Dundee has a total area of , of ...

Elgin Elgin may refer to: Places Canada * Elgin County, Ontario * Elgin Settlement, a 19th-century community for freed slaves located in present-day North Buxton and South Buxton, Chatham-Kent, Ontario * Elgin, a village in Rideau Lakes, Ontario ...

* Elk Grove Village * Evanston * Forest Lake * Fox Lake * Fox Lake Hills *

Fox River Grove Fox River Grove (FRG) is a village in Algonquin Township, McHenry County and Cuba Township, Lake County, Illinois, United States. As per 2020 census, the population was 4,702. In 1919, the village of Fox River Grove was officially incorpor ...

* Franklin Park *

Gages Lake Gages Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in Warren Township, Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 10,637 at the 2020 census. Geography The CDP is located in central Lake County at (42.3520277, -87.9829260). It is in so ...

* Gilberts * Glencoe * Glenview *

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

* Grandwood Park *

Grayslake Grayslake is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. It is located in the Chicago metropolitan area, about 40 miles (64 km) north of Chicago's downtown, 14 miles (23 km) west of Lake Michigan, and 15 miles (24 km) sout ...

* Great Lakes, Illinois * Green Oaks *

Gurnee Gurnee ( ) is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Its population was 30,706 as of the 2020 census. It borders the city of Waukegan, and is a popular tourist attraction within the Chicago metropolitan area. Best known for be ...

* Hainesville *

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* Highland Park * Highwood * Hoffman Estates * Huntley *

Indian Creek Indian Creek may refer to the following: Communities * Indian Creek, Orange Walk District, Belize, a village in Belize * Indian Creek, Toledo, a village in Belize * Indian Creek, Florida, U.S. * Indian Creek, Illinois, U.S. * Indian Creek No. 7 Pr ...

* Ingleside * Island Lake *

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Kenilworth Kenilworth ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Warwick District in Warwickshire, England, south-west of Coventry, north of Warwick and north-west of London. It lies on Finham Brook, a tributary of the River Sowe, which joins the ...

* Kildeer * Knollwood * Lake Barrington * Lake Bluff * Lake Catherine * Lake Forest * Lake in the Hills * Lake Villa *

Lake Zurich __NOTOC__ Lake Zurich (Swiss German/ Alemannic: ''Zürisee''; German: ''Zürichsee''; rm, Lai da Turitg) is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zürich. Depending on the context, Lake Zurich or ''Zürichsee'' can be used t ...

* Libertyville *

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Lincolnwood Lincolnwood (formerly Tessville) is a village in Niles Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 13,463. An inner suburb of Chicago, it shares its southern, eastern, and a small section of its west ...

* Lindenhurst * Long Grove * Long Lake * Melrose Park (unincorporated) * Mettawa * Morton Grove * Mount Prospect * Mundelein * Niles *

North Barrington North Barrington is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 3,171. Geography According to the 2010 census, North Barrington has a total area of , of which (or 94.77%) is land and (or 5.23%) ...

* Northbrook * North Chicago * Oakwood Hills * Old Mill Creek *

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* Park City * Park Ridge * Pingree Grove * Port Barrington * Prairie View * Prospect Heights * Riverwoods *

Rolling Meadows Rolling Meadows is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 24,200. History In 1836, Orrin Ford became the first landowner in the area that is now Rolling Meadows, staking his claim of in an area ...

* Rondout *

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* Round Lake *

Round Lake Beach Round Lake Beach is a northern suburb of Chicago in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 27,252. The United States Census Bureau defines an urban area of northwest Chicago-area suburbs that are separ ...

* Round Lake Heights * Round Lake Park * Schiller Park * Schaumburg * Skokie * Sleepy Hollow *

South Barrington South Barrington is a residential suburb in Cook County, Illinois, United States, south of Barrington. Per the 2020 census, the population was 5,077. South Barrington is a wealthy suburb of Chicago. It is the location of the famous megachurch Wi ...

* South Elgin * Third Lake * Tower Lakes * Trout Valley * Venetian Village * Vernon Hills * Volo *

Wadsworth Wadsworth may refer to: People * Wadsworth (surname) * Wadsworth (given name) Places * Wadsworth, Illinois, United States, a village * Wadsworth, Kansas, United States * Wadsworth, Nevada, United States, a census-designated place * Wadsworth, ...

* Wauconda * Waukegan *

West Dundee West Dundee is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,686 as of the 2020 US Census. It is considered a far northwest Chicago suburb. West Dundee lies across the Fox River from East Dundee and Carpentersville. ...

* Wheeling *

Wilmette Wilmette is a village in New Trier Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. Bordering Lake Michigan and Evanston, Illinois, it is located north of Chicago's downtown district. Wilmette had a population of 27,087 at the 2010 census. The f ...

* Winnetka * Winthrop Harbor *

Zion Zion ( he, צִיּוֹן ''Ṣīyyōn'', LXX , also variously transliterated ''Sion'', ''Tzion'', ''Tsion'', ''Tsiyyon'') is a placename in the Hebrew Bible used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole (see Na ...

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