Area code 863

Area code 863 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan for a part of south-central Florida.

The numbering plan area comprises the Heartland, as well as Polk County in Central Florida.

Some of the larger cities in the numbering plan area include Lakeland, Bartow, Winter Haven, Lake Wales, Sebring, Clewiston, Avon Park, Arcadia, Poinciana, and Okeechobee City.

In 1953, the southwest Florida coast was split off with area code 813, while all of north Florida was split off with area code 904 in 1965.

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