Area code 662
Area code 662 is the telephone area code serving the northern half of Mississippi, including the six counties (Benton, Coahoma, Desoto, Marshall, Tate and Tunica) that are part of the Memphis metro area. It also includes the cities which are home to the state's two largest universities, Oxford (University of Mississippi or "Ole Miss") and Starkville (Mississippi State University).
It was created in 1999 in a split from area code 601. The split came in part because the Memphis LATA extends some distance into northern Mississippi, meaning a large block of numbers in Memphis' area code 901 are unavailable for use.
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Blues guitarist Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, who is from Clarksdale, named his second album and its title track "662" after his home area code.[1]
Primary cities covered by area code 662
- Aberdeen
- Amory
- Artesia
- Baldwyn
- Batesville
- Belmont
- Booneville
- Clarksdale
- Cleveland
- Columbus
- Corinth
- Crawford
- Drew
- Fulton
- Greenville
- Greenwood
- Grenada
- Hernando
- Holly Springs
- Horn Lake
- Houston
- Indianola
- Kosciusko
- Louisville
- Marks
- Mound Bayou
- New Albany
- Okolona
- Olive Branch
- Oxford
- Pontotoc
- Ruleville
- Saltillo
- Senatobia
- Southaven
- Starkville
- Tunica
- Tupelo
- Vaiden
- Water Valley
- West Point
- Winona
- Yazoo City
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| North: 731, 901 | ||
| West: 318, 870 | area code 662 | East: 205/659, 256/938 |
| South: 601/769 | ||
| Alabama area codes: 205/659, 251, 256/938, 334 | ||
| Arkansas area codes: 479, 501, 870/327 | ||
| Louisiana area codes: 225, 318, 337, 504, 985 | ||
| Tennessee area codes: 423, 615/629, 731, 865, 901, 931 | ||
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