Looking at an area code is somewhat unusual. Going back to the original number — 771 — seven is associated with business, diplomacy and equilibrium, Larson said. ADPut it all together and Larson’s conclusion is that the new 771 area code could presage Mitch McConnell’s worst nightmare: statehood, finally, for the District of Columbia. “I think it’s a better area code than 202.”The history of 202The first local reference I could find to what we know today as the area code was in a 1946 article in the Evening Star. In 1997, the 240 area code was added to the 301 area code in Maryland.

Source: Washington Post September 23, 2020 20:37 UTC