Shelby County · Tennessee
Memphis, TN area codes and time zone
Quick answer
Memphis is served by area codes 662, 870, 901, keeps CST time (GMT-6), and sits in county FIPS 47157.
- Area codes
- 662 · 870 · 901Within 25 miles of the city centre
- Time zone
- CSTAmerica/Chicago
- UTC offset
- GMT-6CDT in summer (UTCGMT-5)
- County FIPS
- 47157Shelby County
Dialling from and to Memphis
What this means when you pick up the phone.
Because more than one code covers this area, ten-digit dialling applies for local calls: area code plus number, every time. From abroad, dial +1 then the ten digits.
How Memphis came to have several area codes
Why one city can carry several codes.
Area codes are assigned to geography, then exhausted as demand grows. Memphis — population about 619k — is covered by codes 662, 870, 901, drawn from within 25 miles of the city centre. Because these 3 codes serve the same footprint, they are overlays: the number pool ran low and a new code was layered on top rather than splitting the city apart. All ten digits are required for every local call.
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