Area code 662

Area code 662, in the northern half of Mississippi.

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.

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]

Blues guitarist Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, who is from Clarksdale, named his second album and its title track "662" after his home area code.^[2]

Primary cities covered by area code 662[edit]

References[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.
^ https://bluesrockreview.com/2021/05/christone-kingfish-announces-new-album-662.html

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Mississippi area codes: 228, 601/769, 662
	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
Louisiana area codes: 225, 318, 337, 504, 985
Tennessee area codes: 423, 615/629, 731, 865, 901, 931

[pl556-1] "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.

[2] ttps://bluesrockreview.com/2021/05/christone-kingfish-announces-new-album-662.html

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