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Area code
706
In service
United States · since 1992

Northern & eastern Georgia

Created in 1992 as a split from 404, covering a horseshoe of northern and eastern Georgia outside metro Atlanta, including Columbus, Augusta, Athens, and Rome. It is overlaid by 762.

The essentials Numbering data · NumberResearch · as of 2026-09-18
Place
Northern & eastern Georgia
Type
geographic
Status
in service
In service since
1992
Projected exhaust
2039 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 706 is

Northern and eastern Georgia outside metro Atlanta — a roughly horseshoe-shaped region of 45+ counties wrapping around the Atlanta metro..

Communities served wholly or partly by 706:

ColumbusAugustaAthensRomeLaGrangeDalton

Some southern Atlanta exurbs were returned to 404 shortly after the 1992 split.

B · Relationships

How it relates to other codes

The codes 706 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 · 1992 404 Atlanta Split from 404 on 1992-05-03; some exurbs later returned to 404.
Overlay · 2005 762 Northern & eastern Georgia (overlay) Overlay of the entire 706 area.
What's changing. Overlaid by 762 since 2005 (mandatory 10-digit dialing from 2007-04-01).
C · History

How 706 got here

1992-05-03
Split from 404 to cover territory outside metro Atlanta; some areas later returned to 404 after resident objections.
Source: Wikipedia
2005-09-03
Permissive ten-digit dialing began for the 706/762 overlay.
Source: Wikipedia
2007-04-01
Ten-digit dialing became mandatory in the overlay area.
Source: Wikipedia
D · Capacity

How full it is

Prefixes assigned
800
Prefixes available
0
Thousands-blocks assigned
2,895

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 706
NumberResearch.org ↗
Live status, dates, assignment counts and exhaust forecast — data as of 2026-09-18 (CC BY 4.0).

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