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Area code
479
In service
United States · since 2002

Fort Smith / Fayetteville (Northwest Arkansas)

Created by splitting northwestern Arkansas off from 501 in 2001-2002. It serves the fast-growing Fort Smith and Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers-Bentonville corridor and remains a single-code area.

The essentials Numbering data · NumberResearch · as of 2026-09-18
Place
Fort Smith / Fayetteville (Northwest Arkansas)
Type
geographic
Status
in service
In service since
2002
Projected exhaust
2037 Q1

Status, dates and counts are read from NumberResearch (NANPA / CNAC / FCC records). Assignment records show initial assignees, not the carrier serving a number today.

A · Where it is

Where 479 is

Northwestern Arkansas — thirteen counties including Benton, Washington, Sebastian, Crawford, Madison and Pope..

Communities served wholly or partly by 479:

Fort SmithFayettevilleSpringdaleRogersBentonvilleSiloam Springs

Parts of Carroll County are served by 870/327 rather than 479.

B · Relationships

How it relates to other codes

The codes 479 was split from, spawned, or shares its area with. A split divides the map and changes some numbers; an overlay shares the same ground and changes none — what's the difference?

Split from · 2002 501 Little Rock Split from 501 in 2001-2002.
Related · 2002 870 Jonesboro / Pine Bluff (eastern, southern & northern Arkansas) Adjacent numbering plan (with its 327 overlay) covering surrounding areas.
What's changing. No overlay; single-code area serving northwestern Arkansas.
C · History

How 479 got here

2002-01-19
Went into service as a split of 501 for northwestern Arkansas.
Source: Wikipedia
D · Capacity

How full it is

Prefixes assigned
588
Prefixes available
212
Thousands-blocks assigned
3,010

Prefix-assignment counts describe allocation to carriers, not how many individual numbers are in use. Full technical records: NumberResearch ↗.

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Sources
Wikipedia ↗
Area code 479
NumberResearch.org ↗
Live status, dates, assignment counts and exhaust forecast — data as of 2026-09-18 (CC BY 4.0).

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