Area code 662
Area code 662 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the northern half of the U.S. state of Mississippi, including the six counties (Benton, Coahoma, Desoto, Marshall, [[Tate County (Mississippi State University).
Area code 662 was created in 1999 in a split from area code 601, Mississippi's original area code created in 1947 as one of the original North American area codes.
Prior to October 2021, area code 662 had telephone numbers assigned for the central office code 988. In 2020, 988 was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which created a conflict for exchanges that permit seven-digit dialing. This area code was therefore scheduled to transition to ten-digit dialing by October 24, 2021.[1]
In 2022, the NANP Administrator projected that northern Mississippi will need a second area code by late 2025.[2]
Blues guitarist Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, who is from Clarksdale, named his second album and its title track "662" after his home area code.[3]
Service area
The numbering plan area includes the following cities:
- 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
References
- ^ "Transition to 10-digit dialing (for 988 as 3-digit access to National Suicide Prevention Hotline)" (PDF). North American Numbering Plan Administrator. January 8, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
- ^ "2022-1 NRUF and NPA Exhaust Analysis" (PDF). North American Numbering Plan Administrator. October 21, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ "Christone "Kingfish" Ingram announces new album "662"". 11 May 2021.
External links
| 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 | ||
