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Once upon a time, St. Petersburg and Clearwater phone numbers began with the 813 area code.
That’s because Tampa, and Hillsborough County, were considered the dominant forces in coastal western Florida, and when area codes were dreamed up, in the 1940s, Tampa was assigned 813 and just about everyplace else in the reasonable vicinity – St. Pete, Clearwater, Bradenton, Sarasota and even Ft. Myers – was lumped in there too.
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