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979 Area Code

Area code 979 serves College Station, Bryan, Lake Jackson, Angleton, Brenham and nearby communities in Texas. It has been in service since February 19, 2000, when it was split from 409.

StateTexas
Time zoneCentral
Local time now…
Prefixes in use412
Projected to run out2068
College StationBryanLake JacksonAngletonBrenhamBay CityEl CampoCluteFreeportWhartonSealyHempsteadGiddingsCollege StationLake JacksonAngletonBrenhamEl CampoFreeport
Cities and towns served by area code 979

Who issues 979 numbers

Mobile 17%VoIP and cable 20%Landline 63%

Share of the 412 prefixes (the three digits after 979) assigned to each type of carrier. Classification by carrier name, approximate.

CarrierPrefixes
AT&T (Southwestern Bell)57
Frontier54
AT&T Mobility47
Lumen (Level 3)30
Aerial Communications29
Texas Communications24
Onvoy (Sinch)20
Peerless Network13

Cities and towns in area code 979

CityPopulationOther area codes
College Station127,472
Bryan91,996
Lake Jackson27,803
Angleton21,295
Brenham19,957
Bay City17,488
El Campo12,142
Clute10,821
Freeport10,508
Wharton8,776
Sealy7,937
Hempstead7,194
Giddings5,425

Got a call from 979?

A 979 number was originally issued in Texas, but that does not prove the caller is there. 20% of 979 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 412 prefixes in area code 979

Format: (979) 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 979

Where is area code 979?
Area code 979 is in Texas. It covers College Station, Bryan, Lake Jackson, Angleton, Brenham, Bay City and 7 more cities and towns.
What time zone is area code 979?
Area code 979 is in the Central time zone.
Is 979 a toll-free number?
No. 979 is a geographic area code in Texas. Toll-free numbers in the US start with 800, 833, 844, 855, 866, 877 or 888.
Will area code 979 run out of numbers?
NANPA's latest forecast projects area code 979 to exhaust in the fourth quarter of 2068. Before that happens, a new area code is usually added as an overlay; existing numbers keep their code.

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