Area code 727

Area code 727 covers Pinellas County, Florida (including St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and Pinellas Park, among many other municipalities, but excluding the majority of Oldsmar), and the western third of Pasco County (including Port Richey, New Port Richey, and Holiday).

For 43 years, the 13 counties around Tampa Bay, including cities such as Sarasota, Ellenton, and Port Charlotte were in area code 813.

GTE (now part of Frontier Communications), the dominant carrier in most of the Tampa Bay Area, switched the proposal to a split plan.

The split largely followed county lines, with the notable exception of Oldsmar, most of which stayed in 813.

Oldsmar's trunk is wired into the Tampa line, and it would have been too expensive for GTE to rewire it.