State: Arkansas
Major city: Jonesboro
Time zone: Central
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History of 870 area code

Formed on April 14, 1997 in a split from area code 501, area code 870 is an area code in the North American Numbering Plan. This area code covers the southern, eastern, and a majority of northern portions of the State of Arkansas.  Area code 870, being the first area code to be split from area code 501 serves a majority of the State excluding Little Rock, Fort Smith, and Fayetteville.

870 area code serves cities such as the Jonesboro, Mountain Home, Pine Bluff, Texarkana, El Dorado, and West Memphis. This area code is expected to exhaust in March 2025, for that reason, on June 4, 2024 area code 327 will be initiated.

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Top Counties in Area Code 870

Craighead, Jefferson, Crittenden, Mississippi, Miller, Greene, Union, Baxter, Boone, Independence, St. Francis, Ouachita, Poinsett, Columbia, Clark, Hempstead, Ashley, Phillips, Carroll, Kansas, Drew, Randolph, Cross, Lawrence, Sharp, Sevier, Marion, Grant, Clay, Jackson, Lincoln, Howard, Izard, Little River, Desha, Lonoke, Fulton, Stone, Chicot, Bradley, Pike, Lee, Montgomery, Polk, Nevada, Cleveland, Monroe, Dallas, Lafayette, Searcy.

Top cities using the area code 870

Jonesboro, Pine Bluff, Texarkana, West Memphis, Paragould, El Dorado, Blytheville, Forrest City, Harrison, Mountain Home, Marion, Helena-West Helena, Camden, Magnolia, Arkadelphia, Batesville, Hope, Monticello, Stuttgart, Wynne, Osceola, Newport, Trumann, Pocahontas, De Queen, Warren, White Hall, Crossett, Berryville, Walnut Ridge, Ashdown, Dumas, Cherokee Village, Nashville, Sheridan, Fordyce, McGehee, Marianna, Piggott, Gosnell, Corning, Manila, Prescott, DeWitt, Brinkley, North Crossett, Hamburg, Hoxie, Green Forest, Mountain View.

Most Reported Phone numbers

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