A small, highly religious town in southwest Louisiana has finally gained the right to change their 666 area code, which they consider a stigma. For 40 years the town of Reeves, Louisiana, has battled to change the phone prefix, but has failed at least four times, Mayor Scott Walker told The Associated Press. But beginning this month, residents and businesses can apply to change their area code from 666 to 749.
Some scholars, such as Dr. Delbert Hillers (John Hopkins University) of the American Schools of Oriental Research and the editors of the Oxford & Harper Collins translations, contend that the number 666 is a code for emperor Nero, a view that is also supported by the Roman Catholic Church.
Unfortunately, the name Nero calculates to 616, however alternative spellings of Nero include Neron which calculates to 666, and some manuscripts of Revelation contain the number 616, instead of 666.
Fragment from Book of Revelation mentions 616 in the third line – chi, iota, sigma Credit Egypt Exploration Society