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Get a 301 phone number for Montgomery County and western Maryland.

Ask for 301 when you create a number on ExpressNumber, and the number you hand out reads as Montgomery County and the rest of western Maryland, from Silver Spring to Hagerstown. It rings the phone you already carry, and you burn it in one tap.

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This is how you get a 301 number.

  1. Start your 7 days free and open Create a number.
  2. Type 301 as the area code and give the number a name.
  3. Hand it out. Calls ring the phone you already carry, and texts land in your inbox.
  4. Burn it in one tap when you are done. Calls and texts to it stop at once.
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People ask for 301 when the search is in Montgomery County or western Maryland.

A room or a house for rent in Gaithersburg or Waldorf draws calls from many strangers.

List it with a 301 number, take the calls on your own phone and burn the number once the lease is signed.

A used truck or a boat for sale near Hagerstown brings texts from buyers all week.

Post a 301 number with the photos, set it to Texts only and keep your own number off the ad.

A wedding or a catering job in Frederick ends in follow-up calls.

Give each vendor its own 301 number. Block the ones you did not choose.

This is where a 301 number is from.

Area code 301 covers the western part of Maryland. The Maryland Public Service Commission lists Allegany, Charles, Garrett, Montgomery, Prince George's, St. Mary's and Washington counties in the 301 and 240 calling area, with parts of several more.

The numbering administrator names Aspen Hill, Bethesda, Bowie, Cumberland, Frederick, Gaithersburg, Germantown, Hagerstown, Potomac, Silver Spring, Waldorf and Wheaton among the places it serves. 240 and 227 are laid over the same ground.

  • Silver Spring
  • Bethesda
  • Frederick
  • Hagerstown
  • Gaithersburg
  • Germantown
  • Bowie
  • Waldorf
  • Cumberland
  • Wheaton
  • Potomac
  • Aspen Hill

These are the facts about area code 301.

From the public records of the body that runs US phone numbering, read October 21, 2026.

Place
Montgomery County and western Maryland, Maryland
In service since
1947
Local calls are dialed with
Ten digits
Shares its area with
240 (1997) and 227 (2023)
Codes split from it
410 (1991)

301 is the original Maryland area code, in service since 1947. On October 6, 1991 it was split: Baltimore and the eastern part of the state took the new 410, and 301 kept western Maryland.

240 was laid over 301 and entered service on June 1, 1997, and 227 followed on June 14, 2023. Callers here have dialed ten digits for local calls since 240 arrived.

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People ask these questions about getting a 301 number.

More in the full FAQ.

Create a number in your dashboard, type 301 as the area code and give it a name, such as Room for rent. It is live in about a minute. You do not need to live in Maryland: calls ring the phone you already carry.

Yes, for taking calls and texts. A mover, a tutor or a baker in Silver Spring can put a 301 number on the flyer and the website, take the calls on their own phone and burn the number when the job is done.

Yes. The 301 area takes in Silver Spring, Bethesda, Frederick, Hagerstown, Gaithersburg and Germantown. 240 and 227 numbers cover the same area.

No. Your numbers are receive-only: they take calls and texts, and they never make them. You answer calls on your own phone, and you cannot reply to a text from the inbox.

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Every fact on this page comes from public numbering records.

The state, the dates and the related codes are rows of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator's area code database. The places are from its planning letters and the state’s own pages. Read October 21, 2026.

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