 Area code 219

219 is the North American telephone area code for northwest Indiana, including the state's portion of the Chicago metropolitan area, that includes Lake, Porter, La Porte, Newton, and Jasper counties.The area code includes the cities of Schererville, Chesterton, Lake Station, Crown Point, Cedar Lake, Hobart, Whiting, Gary, Hammond, East Chicago, Merrillville, Munster, Griffith, Highland, Portage, Valparaiso, Michigan City, Ogden Dunes, St. John, La Porte, DeMotte, Roselawn, Kouts, Lake Village and Rensselaer.