Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new area code is coming to Mississippi in late 2025 and early 2026, serving counties in the northern and central parts of the ...

With new telephone numbers in high demand, the Mississippi Public Service Commission approved the implementation of the new 471 area code to overlay the existing 662 area code region. The 471 area ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLOX) - The Mississippi Public Service Commission has announced that a new area code has been approved to be assigned to the same area occupied by the 662 code. At some point in the ...

Residents in the 662 area code in northern Mississippi will be required to dial 10 digits (area code + phone number) for all local calls starting Oct. 24, 2021. On and after this date, local calls ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — North Mississippi is getting a new area code, as (471) joins the familiar (662). Mississippi’s Public Service Commission adopted the new area code this month, saying they expect to ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A new area code will soon be implemented for the Northern and Central Mississippi counties. The Mississippi Public Service Commission approved on June 13 of 2024, the new area code to ...