Area codes 740 and 220

telephone area codes

Area code 740 and 220 is an area code serving a region in the state of Ohio, United States. It covers a diverse range of communities in central and southeastern Ohio, such as Columbus, Newark, Lancaster, Marion, Zanesville, Athens, Chillicothe, and Portsmouth. It was created in 1997 as a split from area code 614. It was overlaid by 220 on April 22, 2015, which is the lowest numbered interchangeable area code to not have a 0 or 1 as the middle digit.[1]

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  1. "Area code 220 will be interspersed with old 740". Archived from the original on 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2024-06-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)