| Nevada is famous for its hot temperatures and the | | | | taken into consideration. Las Vegas seems to have |
| city of Las Vegas. The city of Vegas is unlike any | | | | surges in population due to the nature of the city and |
| other within the United States, so much so that at | | | | its business, and that means the numbers were |
| times it seems to be a country unto itself. As you can | | | | needed for new citizens as well as new mobile phone |
| guess, the population in that city is very high, and it | | | | customers. |
| became obvious in the late 1990s that something had | | | | If you are getting anonymous calls from the area code |
| to be done. The area code of 702 once covered the | | | | 775, you should know that they come from Nevada, |
| entire state, but was split into two to form the area | | | | but not the Las Vegas area. The major cities in other |
| code 775. | | | | parts of Nevada include Reno, Carson City, Ely, and |
| The code 702 remained in service for the area of | | | | Elko. Those may or may not be the source of your |
| Clark county and the city of Las Vegas. The rest of | | | | calls. Whatever the case, you can find out a lot by |
| the state was assigned the new area code 775. This | | | | using a reverse yellow or white pages search. If |
| essentially opened up a whole new set of numbers | | | | nothing comes up, the number is probably unlisted or is |
| that could be used in Las Vegas that would have | | | | a mobile one. |
| normally been used in the rest of the state. That | | | | There are no official directories out there for mobile |
| meant that anyone and everyone who needed a | | | | numbers. What that means is that you have to use |
| number for a mobile number along with their landline | | | | other sources to find out more about any number. If |
| numbers could get what they needed with no problem. | | | | you have a call from the area code 775 that is not a |
| In most cases, the splitting of area codes happens | | | | landline, you can use a cellular phone number lookup |
| because of the need for new numbers, and that is | | | | service. This can help you search for information within |
| normally because of mobile number needs. While that | | | | the area code 775. |
| was true in Nevada, there were other things that were | | | | |