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area, code, telephone, area, code, north, american, numbering, plan, nanp, northern, half, state, mississippi, including, counties, benton, coahoma, desoto, marshall, tate, tunica, that, part, memphis, metro, area, also, includes, cities, that, home, state, la. 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 and Tunica that are part of the Memphis metro area It also includes the cities that are home to the state s two largest universities Oxford University of Mississippi or Ole Miss and Starkville Mississippi State University Area code 662 in the northern half of Mississippi 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 EditThe 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 CityReferences Edit 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 EditNANPA Mississippi area code mapMississippi area codes 228 601 769 662 North 731 901West 318 870 area code 662 East 205 659 256 938South 601 769Alabama area codes 205 659 251 256 938 334Arkansas area codes 479 501 870Louisiana area codes 225 318 337 504 985Tennessee area codes 423 615 629 731 865 901 931 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Area code 662 amp oldid 1128752339, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
