740 area code: location, overlays and numbers
Since 1997, the US telephone area code 740 has covered Columbus, Ohio, sharing an overlay with 220.
- Location
- Columbus, Ohio
- Year service began
- 1997
- Local time zone
- Eastern time zone
- Overlay
- 220
- Calls inside the area
- Full 10-digit dialling
- Rate centre list
- 187
- Anticipated exhaust
- 2059
- Code for the country
- +1 (United States)
Data come from NANPA public reports: the area code report and the rate-centre report, file dated 11/01/2026. The exhaust year comes from the NANPA projections 2026-1, dated April 2026. We are not an official NANPA site.
Get hold of a 740 number
There are two routes to a 740 number. With a provider plan, you get a new number chosen at sign-up from the set of numbers it holds in the code. Sellers list numbers they already hold, often with a pattern, at a one-time price, and you then transfer the number to a provider.
Providers ranked by first-year cost
| Provider | Cheapest plan | First year | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
 Free app | Basic (Just for me), free | $0 | Open Google Voice |
 Free app | Free plan, free | $0 | Open TextNow |
 Developer API | Pay-as-you-go local number, $1.15 a month | $13.80 | Open Twilio |
 Second-number app | Standard, $3.99 a month billed yearly | $47.99 | Open Burner |
 Toll-free specialist | Solo, $6.99 a month billed yearly | $84 | Open UniTel Voice |
 Second-number app | Deluxe (local number), $6.99 a month billed yearly | $102.88 | Open GoDaddy Conversations (formerly Smartline) |
Sellers that list local numbers
| Seller | What it sells | Listed price | Monthly fee | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Marketplace | Local numbers | From $9 one-time | None stated | Search at Exclusive Digits |
 Marketplace | Local and toll-free | From $9.95 one-time | $2.99 a month | Search at NumberBarn |
 Number broker | Local and toll-free | From $99 one-time | None stated | Search at RingBoost |
 Number broker | Local and toll-free | From $100 one-time | None stated | Search at PhoneNumberExpert |
| 212areacode.comNumber broker | Local numbers | From $150 one-time | None stated | Search at 212areacode.com |
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Places in the 740 area code
For 740, NANPA lists 187 rate centres. Every one of them is a local calling area where numbers are assigned:
Fairview, Duffy, Dresden, Dillonvale Mount Pleasant, Dexter City, Delaware, Danville (knox), Cumberland, Croton, Crooksville, Coshocton, Corning, Cooperdale, Coolville, Conesville, Clarksburg, Clarington, Circleville, Chillicothe, Chesterhill, Chester, Chesapeake, Cheshire Center, Cheshire (gallia), Centerville (belmont), Centerburg, Carroll, Cambridge, Caldwell, Cadiz, Byesville, Brilliant, Bremen, Bowerston, Bourneville, Bloomingdale, Bloomingburg, Beverly, Bethesda, Bergholz, Belpre, Bellaire, Beaver, Beallsville, Bartlett, Barnesville, Barlow, Baltimore, Bainbridge (ross), Athens, Ashville, Ashley, Arabia, Amsterdam, Amesville, Amanda, Alexandria, Albany, Adena, Adamsville, plus 127 more.
Other related area codes
The same area and the same pool of numbers: 220. Any of these codes can give you a new number in this area, so request the one you want.
More Ohio codes: 216, 419, 513, 614, 330, 937, 440, 234, 567, 380, 326, 283 and 436.
740 area code questions
Where does area code 740 serve?
Calls to 740 ring in Columbus, Ohio, around Columbus, OH.
Which country code does a 740 number use?
+1. From abroad, you dial +1 740 plus the 7-digit number, since 740 belongs to the North American Numbering Plan.
What time is it in the 740 area code?
Numbers with 740 use Eastern time.
Who uses a 740 number to call?
Homes, mobiles and local businesses hold numbers in this code, and so do callers who fake a number that looks local. What a 740 number on your screen shows is where it was assigned, not who is calling.