Area code 662 was created in 1999 in a split of area code 601, Mississippi's original area code created in 1947 as one of the original North American area codes. It was created in large part due to explosive growth on the Mississippi side of the Memphis area.
In 2023, the NANP Administrator projected that northern Mississippi will approach exhaustion of central office prefixes in 662 and require relief action by early 2026.[2] An overlay complex with area code 471 was approved, although the implementation has yet to be determined.[3]
Blues guitarist Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, who is from Clarksdale, named his second album and its title track "662" after his home area code.[4]
Service area
The numbering plan area includes the following cities: