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{{Short description|Telephone area codes for southeast Louisiana}}
[[File:Area codes LA.png|thumb|right|'''Area code 985''' as of 2001–2007.]]
'''Area code 985''' is the [[telephone]] [[area code]] for southeastern [[Louisiana]], excluding the inner ring of the [[New Orleans]] area. The area code was created in 2001 when it was split off from [[area code 504]].

Area code 985 also used to include areas southeast of New Orleans. However, in 2007, these areas switched back to 504. These communities are on both sides of the Mississippi River in "lower" [[Plaquemines Parish]], including [[Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana|Pointe à la Hache]] on the east bank, with [[Port Sulphur, Louisiana|Port Sulphur]], [[Buras-Triumph, Louisiana|Buras]], and [[Boothville-Venice, Louisiana|Boothville]] on the west bank.  The area's local switching facilities were almost destroyed due to flooding from [[Hurricane Katrina]]. Since the nearest switching facilities were in New Orleans, it was decided to put these downriver communities back in 504.  Permissive use of 504 alongside 985 to reach these areas once again began on July 29, 2007; mandatory use of 504 began on July 1, 2008.

==Cities covered by area code 985==
*[[Abita Springs, Louisiana|Abita Springs]]
*[[Amite, Louisiana|Amite]]
*[[Angie, Louisiana|Angie]]
*[[Bayou L'Ourse, Louisiana|Bayou L'Ourse]]
*[[Berwick, Louisiana|Berwick]]
*[[Bogalusa, Louisiana|Bogalusa]]
*[[Bourg, Louisiana|Bourg]]
*[[Boutte, Louisiana|Boutte]]
*[[Covington, Louisiana|Covington]]
*[[Destrehan, Louisiana|Destrehan]]
*[[Edgard, Louisiana|Edgard]]
*[[Folsom, Louisiana|Folsom]]
*[[Franklinton, Louisiana|Franklinton]]
*[[Galliano, Louisiana|Galliano]]
*[[Gibson, Louisiana| Gibson]] 
*[[Golden Meadow, Louisiana|Golden Meadow]]
*[[Grand Isle, Louisiana|Grand Isle]]
*[[Hammond, Louisiana|Hammond]]
*[[Houma, Louisiana|Houma]]
*[[Independence, Louisiana|Independence]]
*[[Kentwood, Louisiana|Kentwood]]
*[[Lacombe, Louisiana|Lacombe]]
*[[LaPlace, Louisiana|LaPlace]]
*[[Lockport, Louisiana|Lockport]]
*[[Luling, Louisiana|Luling]]
*[[Mandeville, Louisiana|Mandeville]]
*[[Madisonville, Louisiana|Madisonville]]
*[[Morgan City, Louisiana|Morgan City]]
*[[Napoleonville, Louisiana|Napoleonville]]
* [[Norco, Louisiana|Norco]]
*[[Patterson, Louisiana|Patterson]]
*[[Pearl River, Louisiana|Pearl River]]
*[[Ponchatoula, Louisiana|Ponchatoula]]
*[[Raceland, Louisiana|Raceland]]
*[[Reserve, Louisiana|Reserve]]
*[[Robert, Louisiana|Robert]]
*[[Slidell, Louisiana|Slidell]]
*[[Thibodaux, Louisiana|Thibodaux]]
*[[Tickfaw, Louisiana|Tickfaw]]
*[[Varnado, Louisiana|Varnado]]

==See also==
*[[List of Louisiana area codes]]

==References==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020806110503/http://areacode-info.com/!history/default.htm Area code history.] AreaCode-Info.com.

==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081012012126/http://www.areacodedownload.com/985/index.html List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 985 Area Code]

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{{Area code box|State=LA|
  This= 985|
  N= [[area code 225|225]], [[area codes 601 and 769|601/769]] |
  S= [[area code 504|504]], [[Gulf of Mexico]] |
  E= [[area code 228|228]], [[area code 504|504]], [[area codes 601 and 769|601/769]] |
  W= [[area code 225|225]], [[area code 337|337]] |
S1=MS}}
{{Authority control|qid=Q4788626}}

[[Category:Area codes in the United States|985]]
[[Category:Area codes in Louisiana|985]]


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