Pick 615 or 629 if the number is for Nashville.
615 opened in 1954, and 629 was laid over it in 2015, with Franklin and Murfreesboro in both.
Tennessee has eight area codes: 901, 615, 423, 931, 865, 731, 629 and 729.
Area codes in Tennessee
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901 is Memphis, 615 and 629 are Nashville, 865 is Knoxville, 423 covers Chattanooga, Johnson City and Kingsport, and 931 covers Clarksville, Cookeville and Columbia.
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Tennessee has eight area codes.
In the order they opened.
- 901Since 1947Memphis
322 FCC complaints
Get a 901 number - 615Since 1954Nashville
141 FCC complaints
Get a 615 number - 423Since 1995Chattanooga, Johnson City and Kingsport
178 FCC complaints
Get a 423 number - 931Since 1997Clarksville, Cookeville and Columbia
118 FCC complaints
Get a 931 number - 865Since 1999Knoxville
220 FCC complaints
Get an 865 number - 731Since 2001No page yet
57 FCC complaints
- 629Since 2015Nashville
27 FCC complaints
Get a 629 number - 729Since 2025No page yet
729
The newest area code in Tennessee is 729.
729 entered service in 2025, laid over 423 in Chattanooga, Johnson City and Kingsport.
Pick 615 for Nashville, 901 for Memphis, 865 for Knoxville or 423 for Chattanooga.
Pick 901 for Memphis, Collierville or Millington.
901 is an original code of 1947 and covers Covington and Arlington as well.
Pick 865 for Knoxville, or 423 for Chattanooga and Johnson City.
865 was split from 423 in 1999 and covers Oak Ridge and Maryville, and 423 itself was split from 615 in 1995.
People filed 1,063 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from Tennessee area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 1,063 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with one of the Tennessee codes. 901 was named most, on 322 of them (30%).
- 1,063unwanted-call complaints named a Tennessee code
- 901was named on the most of them, 322
- 30%of the Tennessee complaints named 901
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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931, which covers Clarksville, Columbia, Cookeville, Shelbyville and Tullahoma. It was split from 615 in 1997.
423, which also covers Chattanooga, Johnson City, Bristol and Cleveland.
Tennessee has eight area codes in service, by the numbering administrator's report of October 23, 2026: 901, 615, 423, 931, 865, 731, 629 and 729. They are listed in the order they opened, from 1947 to 2025.
The newest area code in Tennessee is 729, in service since 2025. 729 entered service in 2025, laid over 423 in Chattanooga, Johnson City and Kingsport.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people filed 1,063 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Tennessee code. The five named most were 901 (322), 865 (220), 423 (178), 615 (141) and 931 (118). 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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The codes, the places and the years are rows of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator's area code database (its report of October 23, 2026), and the complaints are the FCC's own.
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