About Area Code 814
- Region Code
- 814
- City
- Erie
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Population
- 2,324,182
- Largest City
- Erie
- Neighboring Codes
- Time Zone
- Eastern Time
Pennsylvania
(814) Area Code 814 — Erie, Pennsylvania
814 Area Code – Erie, Pennsylvania: Location, Time Zone & History
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History & Cultural Notes
Erie, Altoona, Johnstown, and State College all share area code 814, one of the original 86 area codes AT&T carved out in October 1947. It is the only one of Pennsylvania's four founding codes never to have been geographically split -- and not for lack of trying. In December 2009 the state Public Utility Commission approved a plan to split off the northwestern counties under a new code, but a grassroots campaign pushed back, and in April 2012 the PUC voted 5-0 to dismiss the split entirely.
Numbering relief instead came as an overlay: the PUC approved 582 in April 2020, permissive dialing ran through early 2021, and the overlay went into service May 1, 2021 across the whole 814 footprint -- some 2.3 million people spread over 27 counties, per Census-based estimates.
The region's identity is layered. Erie, the "Flagship City," takes its nickname from Commodore Perry's Lake Erie fleet in the War of 1812. Altoona grew up around the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Horseshoe Curve. State College is synonymous with Penn State University Park, while the wider economy leans on healthcare networks, manufacturing, and tourism along the Allegheny National Forest and Lake Erie shoreline.