Pick 940 if the number should read as Denton.
940 and 254 were created on May 25, 1997, when the old 817 area was split three ways. Denton, Gainesville, Decatur and Sanger took 940.
The area code for Denton is 940.
Area codes in Denton
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940 is the code of Denton, and no second code has been laid over it. It was split from 817 in 1997 and reaches north to Wichita Falls.
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Denton has one area code.
Pick 940 for Denton, or 214 if the number is for the Dallas side of Denton County.
Pick 214 if the number is for Lewisville or the Dallas suburbs.
Part of Denton County is in the area of the Dallas codes. Frisco and Lewisville are named in 214 and 972.
Pick 817 if the number is for Fort Worth, to the south.
817 kept Fort Worth and Arlington. It was the parent of 940 before the 1997 split.
People filed 52 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from the Denton area code in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 52 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 940.
- 52unwanted-call complaints named a Denton code
Denton codes
How many complaints named a caller ID that starts with the Denton code.
- 1940Wichita Falls and Denton52
Source: Federal Communications Commission, CGB - Consumer Complaints Data (dataset 3xyp-aqkj), issue "Unwanted Calls", read on November 4, 2026. Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
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People ask these questions about the Denton area code.
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No, not for the city itself. Denton uses 940, and 214 is the Dallas code. Some suburbs in Denton County, such as Frisco, are in the Dallas area.
No. 940 has no second code over it. It is the only code of Denton, Wichita Falls and the surrounding counties.
A local call in Denton is dialed with ten digits. The area code is part of every number you give out.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people filed 52 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Denton code: 940 (52). A complaint is one person's report. Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
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