Area codes 847 and 224 - wikipedia Area codes 847 and 224 Area codes 847 and 224 are Illinois area codes covering northeastern Illinois and many northern suburbs of Chicago. They serve most of Lake County, the northern part of Cook County, the northern part of Kane County, and a small part of McHenry County. The main area code, 847, was created on January 20, 1996, in a three - way split from area code 708. Within only five years, however, 847 was already close to exhaustion due to the explosive growth of the Chicago suburbs and the proliferation of cell phones and pagers. On January 5, 2002, area code 224 overlaid the 847 NPA and 10 - digit dialing was implemented. The area code is mentioned in The Art of the Steal by Frank Abagnale, regarding a 900 phone call scam. He stated that the 847 area code used to be a `` premium '' phone call area code in the North American Numbering Plan. Communities included Algonquin Antioch Arlington Heights Bannockburn Barrington Barrington Hills Beach Park Buffalo Grove Burlington Carpentersville Cary Channel Lake Deerfield Deer Park Des Plaines East Dundee Elgin Elk Grove Village Evanston Forest Lake Fox Lake Fox Lake Hills Fox River Grove Gages Lake Gilberts Glencoe Glenview Golf Grandwood Park Grayslake Great Lakes, Illinois Green Oaks Gurnee Hainesville Hampshire Hawthorn Woods Highland Park Highwood Hoffman Estates Huntley Indian Creek Ingleside Island Lake Inverness Kenilworth Kildeer Knollwood Lake Barrington Lake Bluff Lake Catherine Lake Forest Lake in the Hills Lake Villa Lake Zurich Libertyville Lincolnshire Lincolnwood Lindenhurst Long Grove Long Lake Mettawa Morton Grove Mount Prospect Mundelein Niles North Barrington Northbrook North Chicago Oakwood Hills Old Mill Creek Palatine Park City Park Ridge Pingree Grove Port Barrington Prairie View Prospect Heights Riverwoods Rolling Meadows Rondout Rosemont Round Lake Round Lake Beach Round Lake Heights Round Lake Park Schaumburg Skokie Sleepy Hollow South Barrington South Elgin Third Lake Tower Lakes Trout Valley Venetian Village Vernon Hills Volo Wadsworth Wauconda Waukegan West Dundee Wheeling Wilmette Winnetka Winthrop Harbor Zion See also List of North American Numbering Plan area codes List of Illinois area codes External links NANPA Area Code Map of Illinois List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 847 Area Code List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 224 Area Code Illinois area codes : 217, 224 / 847, 309, 312, 331 / 630, 618, 708, 773, 779 / 815, 872 North : 262 West : 815 / 779 area code 847 and 224 East : Lake Michigan South : 630 / 331, 708, 773 Wisconsin area codes : 262, 414, 534 / 715, 608, 920 Coordinates : 42 ° 09 ′ 46 '' N 87 ° 53 ′ 15 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 42.1627778 ° N 87.8875 ° W ﻿ / 42.1627778 ; - 87.8875 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Area_codes_847_and_224&oldid=835988389 '' Categories : Telecommunications - related introductions in 1996 Telecommunications - related introductions in 2002 Area codes in Illinois Area codes in the United States Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 12 April 2018, at 00 : 28. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: where is the 847 area code located in the united states
Answer: northeastern Illinois and many northern suburbs of Chicago