Missouri Public Service Commission Adds A New Area Code In The 573 Region

As if life weren’t complicated enough, the Missouri Public Service Commission says you will have to dial 573 AND a current local phone number by next year. Or you may have to dial a new area code 235 before a local number, as this new area code will be added as an overlay to the 573 region.
A six-month permissive dialing period will begin this Saturday to give consumers adequate time to adjust to the dialing changes. During this period, local calls can be made with either 7 or 10 digits, and all calls that are local will continue to be local even though you dial 10 digits.
Beginning February 24th of next year, all local calls made within the 573 area code must be placed using 10 digits. On or after that date, calls placed using just 7 digits will not be completed.
Starting March 24th, new telephone lines or services may be assigned numbers using the new 235 area code.