831 Phone Number Lookup | California Area Code

Look up any phone number starting with 831 to identify the owner name, address, spam reports, and more. The 831 area code is a telephone area code serving a small region of California.

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Where Is Area Code 831 Located?

The 831 area code covers Big Sur, Monterey Bay, the Salinas Valley, and the southwestern Santa Cruz Mountains.

Counties Served:

  • Monterey County
  • San Benito County
  • Santa Cruz County

Major Cities:

Other Cities and Towns:

  • Amesti
  • Aptos
  • Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley
  • Aromas
  • Ben Lomond
  • Big Sur
  • Bonny Doon
  • Boronda
  • Boulder Creek
  • Brookdale
  • Capitola
  • Carmel Highlands
  • Carmel Valley Village
  • Carmel-by-the-Sea
  • Castroville
  • Chualar
  • Corralitos
  • Davenport
  • Day Valley
  • Del Monte Forest
  • Del Rey Oaks
  • Elkhorn
  • Felton
  • Freedom
  • Gonzales
  • Gorda
  • Greenfield
  • Interlaken
  • Jolon
  • King City
  • Las Lomas
  • Live Oak
  • Lockwood
  • Lompico
  • Marina
  • Moss Landing
  • Mount Hermon
  • New Idria
  • Opal Cliffs
  • Paicines
  • Pajaro
  • Panoche
  • Pasatiempo
  • Pebble Beach
  • Prunedale
  • Ridgemark
  • Rio del Mar
  • San Ardo
  • San Juan Bautista
  • San Lucas
  • Sand City
  • Scotts Valley
  • Seaside
  • Soledad
  • Soquel
  • Spreckels
  • Summit
  • Swanton
  • Tres Pinos
  • Twin Lakes
  • Watsonville

Overlay System

Area code 831 was created in 1998 from area code 408 .

Area Code 831 Location Map

Area Code 831 Location on California Map

Area code 831 is a general purpose code which was placed in service on July 11, 1998.

Phone Number Prefixes and Carriers

Our California phone number lookup for the 831 area code analyzes the three-digit prefix to identify the initially assigned telecommunications company and rate center. This prefix code data may help to determine the U.S. carrier, California geographic region, and local calling area associated with the phone number.

Phone numbers follow the following structure under the North American Numbering Plan:

  • NPA- area code (where the number was originally assigned)
  • NXX - Central office code that locates the specific neighborhood and identifies the service provider
  • XXXX - Subscriber number identifies the individual phone line within that local exchange

Understanding the area code can help you determine if a call is local to your area. However, keep in mind that due to mobile number portability and VoIP services, the caller may be anywhere in the United States, so it’s best to search for the most recent phone number details.

Prefixes by Company

Company Number of Prefixes
PACIFIC BELL 118
NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC 23
CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - CA 21
SPRINT SPECTRUM, L.P. 13
O1 COMMUNICATIONS, INC. - CA 9
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - CA 5
T-MOBILE USA, INC. 4
LEVEL 3 TELECOM OF CALIFORNIA, LP - CA 3
MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVICES LLC - CA 3
ONVOY, LLC - CA 3
AT&T - LOCAL 2
AT&T CORP. 2
COMCAST IP PHONE, LLC 2
MATRIX TELECOM, LLC. S/I/I TNCI - CA 2
TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC - CA 2
U.S. TELEPACIFIC CORP. DBA TPX COMMUNICATIONS 2
AMERICAN MESSAGING SERVICES, LLC 1
BANDWIDTH.COM CLEC, LLC - CA 1
CHARTER FIBERLINK CA-CCO, LLC - CA 1
METROPCS, INC. 1
PEERLESS NETWORK OF CALIFORNIA, LLC - CA 1
PINNACLES TEL. CO. 1
TWILIO INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1
US TELEPACIFIC CORP. - CA 1
UTILITY TELECOM GROUP, LLC - CA 1
WAVENATION, LLC 1
XO CALIFORNIA, INC. 1
YMAX COMMUNICATIONS CORP. - CA 1

Carrier names have been updated from their original FCC assignments to reflect current companies following mergers, acquisitions, and rebranding. Updates were determined using AI-assisted research and may not be accurate or reflect up to date changes. This data is provided without warranties of accuracy or completeness.

Prefixes by Rate Center

Rate Center Number of Prefixes
SANTA CRUZ 54
SALINAS 52
MONTEREY 46
WATSONVL 17
HOLLISTER 13
APTOS 9
CARMEL 8
BEN LOMOND 5
BOULDERCRK 2
CASTROVL 2
CHUALAR 2
FELTON 2
KING CITY 2
SAN JUAN 2
SOLEDAD 2
BIG SUR 1
CARMEL VLY 1
GONZALES 1
GREENFIELD 1
PINNACLES 1
SAN ARDO 1
SAN LUCAS 1
TRES PINOS 1

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