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515 area code location: Des Moines and Ames, Iowa
- Local date and time
- Central Time
Map data: HSIP (2010) · NANPA · US Census Bureau, checked 26 September 2026. Boundaries are approximate.
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515 area code at a glance
- State
- Iowa
- Primary cities
- Des Moines, Ames, and Fort Dodge
- Established
- Time zone
- Central Time
- New code planned
- No, as of 22 September 2026
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History
- : 641 split from 515
Counties and cities covered
These are telephone exchange areas, which follow the phone network rather than city limits.
Counties of the communities we could place (the code may reach further): Adair County, Boone County, Calhoun County, Dallas County, Franklin County, Greene County, Guthrie County, Hamilton County, Hancock County, Hardin County, Humboldt County, Jasper County, Kossuth County, Madison County, Marion County, Palo Alto County, Pocahontas County, Polk County, Story County, Warren County, Webster County, and Wright County.
- Des Moines
- Ames
- Fort Dodge
- Indianola
- Boone
- Perry
- Webster City
- Adel
- Nevada
- Polk City
- Winterset
- Algona
- Huxley
- Humboldt
- Jefferson
- Eagle Grove
- Story City
- Madrid
- Clarion
- Colfax
- Granger
- Dallas Center
- Van Meter
- Ogden
- Stuart
73 more communities
- Prairie City
- Pleasantville
- Slater
- Woodward
- Earlham
- Roland
- Elkhart
- De Soto
- Gowrie
- Maxwell
- Cambridge
- West Bend
- Dayton
- Redfield
- Alden
- Grand Junction
- Stratford
- Bancroft
- Dexter
- Goldfield
- Swea City
- Badger
- Radcliffe
- Dows
- Ellsworth
- Titonka
- Whittemore
- Gilmore City
- Runnells
- Otho
- Burt
- Lehigh
- Wesley
- Livermore
- Duncombe
- Callender
- Churdan
- Farnhamville
- Stanhope
- McCallsburg
- Minburn
- Kelley
- Williams
- Lakota
- Harcourt
- Corwith
- Fenton
- Renwick
- Paton
- Rippey
- Barnum
- Kamrar
- Blairsburg
- Boxholm
- Thor
- Moorland
- Randall
- Pilot Mound
- Lone Rock
- Woolstock
- Clare
- Bouton
- Vincent
- Somers
- Ledyard
- Dawson
- Buckeye
- Bradgate
- Knierim
- Garden City
- Jewell
- Lanyon
- Luverne
Sources: NANPA area code listing, NANPA places by area code, U.S. Census Bureau county geography. Checked .
Business phone numbers in area code 515, answered by an AI agent
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