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Area code
662
In service
United States · since 1999

Northern Mississippi (Tupelo-Oxford)

Serves the northern half of Mississippi including Tupelo, Oxford, Starkville and the Mississippi side of the Memphis metro. Created in 1999 as a split from 601, it is overlaid by 471.

The essentials Numbering data · NumberResearch · as of 2026-09-18
Place
Northern Mississippi (Tupelo-Oxford)
Type
geographic
Status
in service
In service since
1999
Projected exhaust
2027 Q3

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 662 is

Northern Mississippi, including six Memphis-metro counties (Benton, Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tunica)..

Communities served wholly or partly by 662:

TupeloOxfordStarkvilleClarksdaleGreenvilleColumbusSouthavenCorinth
B · Relationships

How it relates to other codes

The codes 662 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 · 1999 601 Jackson 662 split off from 601 in 1999.
Overlay · 2026 471 Northern Mississippi (overlay) 471 added as an all-services overlay of the 662 region.
What's changing. Overlaid by 471 (in service January 30, 2026); ten-digit dialing required.
C · History

How 662 got here

1999
Created as a split from 601 to serve northern Mississippi.
Source: Wikipedia
2026-01-30
Overlay code 471 in-service date (customer education from April 30, 2025).
Source: Wikipedia
D · Capacity

How full it is

Prefixes assigned
772
Prefixes available
28
Thousands-blocks assigned
3,295

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 codes 662 and 471
NumberResearch.org ↗
Live status, dates, assignment counts and exhaust forecast — data as of 2026-09-18 (CC BY 4.0).

Place, relationships and history above are compiled by North American Numbers from the sources listed and last checked 2026-09-18. A check date is not an expert review — see how this is made. Flag an error.