Tampa is celebrating 813 Day with food, drink and shopping specials across the city. The 813 area code dates to 1953, but a Tampa historian says those three numbers now represent something bigger: ...

Because of population growth and the popularity of fax machines and pagers, some of the area now served by the 813 area code will have a new code by 1996, telephone officials say. The 813 region ...

Florida's west coast is growing so fast it soon will have a new area code. Starting next month, areas south of the Sunshine Skyway bridge will be in a new 941 area code while Pinellas, Hillsborough ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Hold on to that 813 area code for life, Tampa Bay — a new one is coming soon. The Florida Public Service Commission approved the new 656 area code in March 2020 for areas already ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Some major dialing changes are coming to callers in the Tampa Bay area. In order to make way for the new National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number and a new area code in the 813 region ...

TAMPA, Fla. - On August 13, Tampa businesses are serving up $8.13 specials, residents are wearing 813 shirts and local landmarks are leaning into the city’s best-known three numbers. But 813 Day holds ...