The state of Mississippi is East South Central state and the Standard Time Zone followed by the state is Central Time Zone. There are total three area codes providing telephone services in the state and are listed below:
It was created in 1997 as a result in split of area code 601. The code 601 is serving the counties of GEORGE, HANCOCK, HARRISON, JACKSON, MOBILE, PEARL RIVER and STONE.
It is one of the original telephone area codes created in 1947. It had kept on providing telephone services to the entire State until 1997 when it started running out of available phone numbers. In 2005, it was overlaid by area code 769.
This area code was introduced for providing numbering relief to area code 601. It is one of the original area codes created in 1947 for serving the entire State of Mississippi.