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Area code 220
Area code 220 is centred on Athens, Ohio. We hold 1,231 allocated blocks for it across 78 rate centres, split 46% mobile, 21% landline and 33% VoIP.
The towns inside area code 220
Area code 220 is not a city code. It covers 78 separate rate centres — billing areas, each its own local calling zone. The largest of them are named in the table below.
That matters twice over. A call between two 220 numbers is not necessarily a local call, because they can sit in different rate centres. And a code this wide narrows a subscriber to a region rather than a town.
Ohio is split across 14 area codes — 740, 440, 937, 614, 513, 220 and others. By allocated blocks 220 is the 12th largest of them, holding 2% of the Ohio total.
Where 220 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Steubenvl is shortened. Names are reproduced as recorded rather than expanded — the abbreviation is the key the block data is filed under.
| Rate centre | Blocks | Share of 220 |
|---|---|---|
| Athens | 259 | 21% |
| Pataskala | 91 | 7% |
| Zanesville | 66 | 5% |
| Chesapeake | 33 | 3% |
| Marion | 33 | 3% |
| Lancaster | 31 | 3% |
| Portsmouth | 28 | 2% |
| Baltimore | 26 | 2% |
| Amanda | 24 | 2% |
| Frazeysbg | 24 | 2% |
| Croton | 21 | 2% |
| Ironton | 21 | 2% |
| Newcomrstn | 20 | 2% |
| Steubenvl | 20 | 2% |
| Wellston | 20 | 2% |
| Cheshirctr | 17 | 1% |
| London | 17 | 1% |
| Roseville | 17 | 1% |
| Walnut | 17 | 1% |
| Coshocton | 16 | 1% |
| Marietta | 16 | 1% |
| Chillicoth | 15 | 1% |
| Sugargrove | 14 | 1% |
| Byesville | 11 | 1% |
54 further rate centres in 220 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 220 blocks
Onvoy352 blocks
AT&T Wireless258 blocks
Verizon Wireless109 blocks
Fractel, Llc81 blocks
Onvoy Spectrum67 blocks
Aerial Communications, Inc.54 blocks
The largest holder, Onvoy, has 29% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 220 number still reports the carrier it started with. Closing that gap needs a live query against the routing database. How line type is derived.
Check a single 220 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 220?
Area code 220 is centred on Athens, Ohio and spans 78 rate centres, so it covers a region rather than a town.
Is a 220 number a mobile or a landline?
It can be either, and the digits do not say which. North American mobile and landline numbers share the same ranges, so the answer comes from the carrier holding the block. In 220 the split runs 46% mobile, 21% landline and 33% VoIP, so mobile is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 220 numbers?
The largest holders are Onvoy, AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 220 numbers are there?
The code holds 1,231 allocated blocks in our copy of the numbering plan. A block is 1,000 or 10,000 consecutive numbers depending on how deeply it has been pooled, so 220 covers on the order of 1,231,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.