Area Code 361 — Corpus Christi, Texas

361 Area Code – Corpus Christi, Texas: Location, Time Zone & History

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About Area Code 361

Region Code
361
City
Corpus Christi
State
Texas
Largest City
Corpus Christi
Neighboring Codes
  • 210 (San Antonio, Texas)
  • 512 (Austin, Texas)
  • 830 (New Braunfels, Texas)
  • 956 (Laredo, Texas)
  • 979 (Bryan, Texas)
Time Zone
Central Time

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History & Cultural Notes

The Texas Gulf Coast's Coastal Bend region, anchored by Corpus Christi and Victoria, has carried its own identity on the phone network since February 13, 1999, when it was carved out of area code 512 and given the number 361. The split separated this coastal stretch from the Austin area, which kept 512 for itself.

Corpus Christi is home to Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, a major U.S. Navy flight training installation, and that military presence sits alongside a working coastal economy built on oil and gas refining and petrochemicals, shipping and port logistics, agriculture, and tourism drawn to the Gulf shoreline. Because so many 988 central office numbers were already assigned within the region by the time the nationwide 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline rolled out, mandatory ten-digit local dialing took effect on October 24, 2021, ahead of many other areas.

Beyond Corpus Christi, the 361 territory reaches communities including Victoria, Kingsville, Beeville, Alice, and Portland, and borders the numbering plan areas of 210, 512, 830, 956, and 979 across south Texas.