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Area code 270
Area code 270 is centred on Bowling Green, Kentucky. We hold 5,418 allocated blocks for it across 171 rate centres, split 35% mobile, 53% landline and 12% VoIP.
The other area codes laid over 270
Area code 270 does not have Bowling Green, Kentucky to itself. 1 other code — 364 — serves the same rate centres, laid over the same ground rather than dividing it. That is an overlay: a new code added when the old one ran out of numbers, covering the same streets. Two neighbours can hold different area codes, so the code says roughly when a number was issued rather than where it sits.
364475 blocks, 46 rate centres, mostly VoIP
Each holds its own blocks and its own carrier mix, so a 270 number and a 364 number from the same street can report different line types. Filtering Bowling Green, Kentucky by area code needs all 2 of them.
270 is not confined to Bowling Green, Kentucky itself: its blocks sit across 171 rate centres, named in the table below.
Kentucky is split across 5 area codes — 502, 270, 859, 606, 364. By allocated blocks 270 is the second largest of them, holding 28% of the Kentucky total.
Where 270 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Hopkinsvl and Madisonvl are 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 270 |
|---|---|---|
| Bowlnggren | 290 | 5% |
| Elizabthtn | 260 | 5% |
| Owensboro | 221 | 4% |
| Paducah | 218 | 4% |
| Hopkinsvl | 175 | 3% |
| Henderson | 154 | 3% |
| Madisonvl | 129 | 2% |
| Glasgow | 112 | 2% |
| Campbelsvl | 110 | 2% |
| Leitchfld | 102 | 2% |
| Oak Grove | 102 | 2% |
| Murray | 98 | 2% |
| Franklin | 88 | 2% |
| Russellvl | 86 | 2% |
| Lebanon | 79 | 1% |
| Central Cy | 78 | 1% |
| Columbia | 72 | 1% |
| Benton | 71 | 1% |
| Mayfield | 68 | 1% |
| Beaver Dam | 64 | 1% |
| Morgantown | 63 | 1% |
| Jordan | 55 | 1% |
| Scottsvl | 55 | 1% |
| Tompkinsvl | 54 | 1% |
147 further rate centres in 270 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 270 blocks
Onvoy797 blocks
AT&T Wireless754 blocks
Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba South Central Bell Tel579 blocks
Verizon Wireless452 blocks
Coretel Kentucky, Inc. - Ky198 blocks
Windstream Kentucky East, Inc. - Lexington187 blocks
The largest holder, Onvoy, has 15% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 270 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 270 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 270?
Area code 270 covers Bowling Green, Kentucky. It is not the only code there: 364 is an overlay on the same rate centres, so a Bowling Green, Kentucky number can start with any of them.
Is a 270 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 270 the split runs 35% mobile, 53% landline and 12% VoIP, so landline is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 270 numbers?
The largest holders are Onvoy, AT&T Wireless, Bellsouth Telecomm Inc Dba South Central Bell Tel. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 270 numbers are there?
The code holds 5,418 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 270 covers on the order of 5,418,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.