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McComb, MS is currently using two area codes 601 and 769. McComb, 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 McComb, 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 McComb, when it was established in 1947. Ten digit dialing (area code + seven digit number) is necessary in McComb, 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 McComb, MS area code 601 and 769
serve the larger communities of Clinton, Hattiesburg, Jackson, Meridian, Natchez, Pearl, Ridgeland and Vicksburg, along with many smaller communities in central Mississippi. McComb, MS does not utilize any
area code overlays. |
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