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Get a 717 phone number for Harrisburg, Lancaster and York.

Ask for 717 when you create a number on ExpressNumber, and the number you hand out reads as south central Pennsylvania, from Harrisburg to Lancaster. It rings the phone you already carry, and you burn it in one tap.

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This is how you get a 717 number.

  1. Start your 7 days free and open Create a number.
  2. Type 717 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 717 when the search is in Harrisburg, Lancaster or York.

A room for rent near a campus draws calls from many students and parents.

List it with a 717 number, take the calls on your own phone and burn the number once the lease is signed.

A used truck or a trailer for sale draws buyers all season.

Post a 717 number with the photos, set it to Texts only and keep your own number off the ad.

A wedding or a catering order in Lancaster ends in follow-up calls.

Give each vendor its own 717 number. Block the ones you did not choose.

This is where a 717 number is from.

Area code 717 covers the south central part of Pennsylvania, including the cities of Harrisburg, Lancaster, Lebanon, York and Gettysburg.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission's rate center map adds Carlisle, Chambersburg, Hershey, Hanover, Mechanicsburg, Ephrata and Lititz.

  • Harrisburg
  • Lancaster
  • York
  • Lebanon
  • Gettysburg
  • Carlisle
  • Chambersburg
  • Hershey
  • Hanover
  • Mechanicsburg
  • Ephrata
  • Lititz

These are the facts about area code 717.

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

Place
Harrisburg, Lancaster and York, Pennsylvania
In service since
1947
Local calls are dialed with
Ten digits
Shares its area with
223 (2017)
Codes split from it
570 (1998)

717 is one of Pennsylvania's original four area codes, in service since 1947. In 1998 part of the area was split off as 570, which entered service on December 5, 1998.

The commission ordered a second code, 223, on October 27, 2016, and it entered service on September 26, 2017 over the same area. Ten-digit dialing became mandatory on August 26, 2017.

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People ask these questions about getting a 717 number.

More in the full FAQ.

Create a number in your dashboard, type 717 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 Pennsylvania: calls ring the phone you already carry.

Yes, for taking calls and texts. A mover, a tutor or a baker in York can put a 717 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 717 area takes in Harrisburg, Lancaster, York, Lebanon and Gettysburg. 223 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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