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706 Area Code

Area code 706 serves Columbus, Augusta, Athens-Clarke County, Mulberry, Rome and nearby communities in Georgia. It has been in service since May 3, 1992, when it was split from 404.

StateGeorgia
Time zoneEastern
Local time now…
Prefixes in use774
Overlay with762
Projected to run out2039
ColumbusAugustaAthens-Clarke CountyMulberryRomeEvansDaltonLaGrangeMartinezCalhounBraseltonGrovetownJeffersonFort OglethorpeAuburnThomastonToccoaDaculaCommerceHoschtonCusseta-Chattahoochee CountyDahlonegaLaFayetteThomsonEatontonFairviewWaynesboroCorneliaJasperMadisonChatsworthColumbusAugustaAthens-Clarke CountyRomeEvansDalton
Cities and towns served by area code 706

Who issues 706 numbers

Mobile 30%VoIP and cable 16%Landline 54%

Share of the 774 prefixes (the three digits after 706) assigned to each type of carrier. Classification by carrier name, approximate.

CarrierPrefixes
Southern Bell Tel & Tel168
Windstream106
Verizon Wireless102
AT&T Mobility73
T-Mobile60
Lumen (Level 3)51
Paetec Itel25
Onvoy (Sinch)20

Cities and towns in area code 706

CityPopulationOther area codes
Columbus202,171762
Augusta201,999762
Athens-Clarke County128,612762
Mulberry41,445762
Rome38,934762
Evans37,718762
Dalton35,322762
LaGrange34,730762
Martinez33,019762
Calhoun20,196762
Braselton18,496762
Grovetown17,939762
Jefferson17,185762
Fort Oglethorpe10,868762
Auburn10,110762
Thomaston9,852762
Toccoa9,539762
Dacula9,373762
Commerce9,303762
Hoschton8,623762
Cusseta-Chattahoochee County8,465762
Dahlonega7,918762
LaFayette7,157762
Thomson6,763762
Eatonton6,749762
Fairview5,620762
Waynesboro5,511762
Cornelia5,459762
Jasper5,400762
Madison5,179762
Chatsworth5,029762

Got a call from 706?

A 706 number was originally issued in Georgia, but that does not prove the caller is there. 16% of 706 prefixes belong to VoIP and cable providers, whose numbers can be bought online and used from anywhere. Caller ID can also be spoofed, so treat urgent requests for money, codes or passwords from any area code with suspicion, and call back on a number you already know.

All 774 prefixes in area code 706

Format: (706) XXX-YYYY. Carrier is the company the block was originally assigned to; numbers may since have been ported to another carrier.

Questions about area code 706

Where is area code 706?
Area code 706 is in Georgia. It covers Columbus, Augusta, Athens-Clarke County, Mulberry, Rome, Evans and 25 more cities and towns.
What time zone is area code 706?
Area code 706 is in the Eastern time zone.
Is 706 a toll-free number?
No. 706 is a geographic area code in Georgia. Toll-free numbers in the US start with 800, 833, 844, 855, 866, 877 or 888.
Why does 706 share its area with 762?
706 and 762 form an overlay: they cover the same territory, so new numbers there can get any of these codes, and local calls need all 10 digits.
Will area code 706 run out of numbers?
NANPA's latest forecast projects the 706/762 overlay to exhaust in the third quarter of 2039. Before that happens, a new area code is usually added as an overlay; existing numbers keep their code.

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