A house for rent in Jackson or Hattiesburg draws calls from many strangers.
List it with a 601 number, take the calls on your own phone and burn the number once the lease is signed.
Local 601 numbers
Get a 601 phone number for Jackson and central Mississippi.
Ask for 601 when you create a number on ExpressNumber, and the number you hand out reads as Jackson and central Mississippi. It rings the phone you already carry, and you burn it in one tap.
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This is how you get a 601 number.
- Start your 7 days free and open Create a number.
- Type 601 as the area code and give the number a name.
- Hand it out. Calls ring the phone you already carry, and texts land in your inbox.
- Burn it in one tap when you are done. Calls and texts to it stop at once.
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Your numbers
House for rent
(601) 555-0133
Forwarding
Used four-wheeler
(601) 555-0169
Texts only
Roofing quote
(601) 555-0108
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People ask for 601 when the search is in Jackson, Hattiesburg or Meridian.
A used truck or a four-wheeler for sale near Laurel brings texts from buyers all week.
Post a 601 number with the photos, set it to Texts only and keep your own number off the ad.
A moving job or a roofing quote in Meridian ends in follow-up calls.
Give each company its own 601 number. Block the ones you did not choose.
This is where a 601 number is from.
Area code 601 serves central Mississippi, including Brookhaven, Canton, Columbia, Crystal Springs, Hattiesburg, Jackson, Laurel, McComb, Meridian, Natchez, Picayune, Vicksburg and Waynesboro, as the numbering administrator puts it.
The 769 code is laid over the same area. The Gulf Coast uses 228, and northern Mississippi uses 662.
Jackson and central Mississippi, MS
Area code 601 and the codes around it, oldest first.
1947
601
This code
1997
228
Split off
1999
662
Split off
2005
769
Shares the area
- Jackson
- Hattiesburg
- Meridian
- Vicksburg
- Laurel
- Natchez
- Picayune
- Brookhaven
- McComb
- Columbia
- Canton
- Crystal Springs
These are the facts about area code 601.
From the public records of the body that runs US phone numbering, read October 21, 2026.
- Place
- Jackson and central Mississippi, Mississippi
- In service since
- 1947
- Local calls are dialed with
- Ten digits
- Shares its area with
- 769 (2005)
- Codes split from it
- 228 (1997) and 662 (1999)
601 was the original code for the whole state of Mississippi. The Gulf Coast was split off as 228 on September 15, 1997, and the north as 662 on April 19, 1999.
The Public Service Commission approved a 769 overlay in March 2004. It took effect on March 14, 2005, the day dialing all ten digits for local calls became mandatory.
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People ask these questions about getting a 601 number.
More in the full FAQ.
Create a number in your dashboard, type 601 as the area code and give it a name, such as House for rent. It is live in about a minute. You do not need to live in Mississippi: calls ring the phone you already carry.
Yes, for taking calls and texts. A roofer, a tutor or a mover in Jackson can put a 601 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 601 area takes in Jackson, Hattiesburg, Meridian, Vicksburg, Natchez and Laurel. 769 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. Read October 21, 2026.
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