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Clinton, MS is currently using two area codes 601 and 769. Clinton, MS utilizes an area code overlay in which area codes
601 and 769 serve the same geographic area. The area code overlay which is in use in Clinton, MS today was established in 2005 at which time area code 769 was created as an overlay of area code 601. Area
code 601 was the original area code assigned to the entire state of Mississippi, including Clinton, when it was established in 1947. Ten digit dialing (area code + seven digit number) is necessary in
Clinton, MS because two different homes in the same geographic area can have the same seven digit phone number but each would have a different area code. In addition to Clinton, MS area code
601 and 769 serve the larger communities of Hattiesburg, Jackson, McComb, Meridian, Natchez, Pearl, Ridgeland and Vicksburg, along with many smaller communities in central Mississippi. Clinton, MS does not
utilize any area code overlays. |
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