| Oregon is located between Washington and California. | | | | 541-596 beginning to their phone number. This may |
| This area is probably more densely populated than | | | | very well be because this area is serviced by Frontier |
| most people think, especially near the northwestern | | | | phone service, and the code being the same helped |
| part of the state. While that area has two area codes | | | | with numbering. |
| to help with the demand for new numbers, the rest of | | | | The area code 541 is just one of the latest to divert |
| the state is using one code, and that is the area code | | | | from the normal area code numbering system that |
| 541. In fact, a very large geographical area of Oregon | | | | used zero or one as the middle number. The first of |
| relies on this area code. and so does some parts of | | | | these new codes were used in the state of |
| California. | | | | Washington and Alabama. Now that more and more |
| At one time, the area code 541 did not exist. The only | | | | codes are added to all areas of the United States, |
| code in Oregon was the code 503. The code 541 split | | | | mostly due to the demand of numbers for mobile |
| from 503 just recently. The split took a little over a half | | | | phones, many are moving away from the original |
| of a year to complete. This area now contains the | | | | configuration. |
| cities of Eugene, the Dalles, Pendleton, Albany, | | | | If you are getting calls that come from the area code |
| Medford, and Springfield. This code also includes a vast | | | | 541, you will now know they are coming from a vast |
| rural area of the state. | | | | area of Oregon, or possibly, a small part of California. |
| Not only that, it also covers part of Del Norte county in | | | | Landline numbers are easier to trace, but you may |
| the northern part of California. Most codes stay within | | | | have a mobile number calling. When that happens, you |
| a state, but this is one of the exceptions. This area of | | | | can do a search in the area code 541 to find out more |
| California is small and only includes areas that have the | | | | about any number that may be coming from that area. |