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Area code 701
Area code 701 is centred on Fargo, North Dakota. We hold 3,590 allocated blocks for it across 298 rate centres, split 43% mobile, 40% landline and 16% VoIP.
The towns inside area code 701
Area code 701 is not a city code. It covers 298 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 701 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.
701 is the only area code whose numbers sit mainly in North Dakota. Every North Dakota number therefore starts 701 unless it was issued in a border rate centre billed to a neighbouring code.
Where 701 numbers are concentrated
Rate-centre names are reproduced as NANPA records them. The agency truncates them to ten characters, so longer names appear shortened elsewhere on this site.
| Rate centre | Blocks | Share of 701 |
|---|---|---|
| Fargo | 571 | 16% |
| Bismarck | 371 | 10% |
| Grandforks | 226 | 6% |
| Dickinson | 125 | 3% |
| Jamestown | 81 | 2% |
| Wahpeton | 78 | 2% |
| Minot | 75 | 2% |
| Williston | 70 | 2% |
| Casselton | 59 | 2% |
| Emerado | 50 | 1% |
| Grafton | 50 | 1% |
| Valleycity | 49 | 1% |
| Carrington | 47 | 1% |
| Devilslake | 46 | 1% |
| Hillsboro | 45 | 1% |
| Kindred | 43 | 1% |
| Belfield | 41 | 1% |
| Gardner | 40 | 1% |
| Leonard | 39 | 1% |
| Northwood | 37 | 1% |
| Langdon | 36 | 1% |
| Bottineau | 34 | 1% |
| Mayville | 34 | 1% |
| Rolla | 34 | 1% |
274 further rate centres in 701 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 701 blocks
Verizon Wireless687 blocks
Onvoy502 blocks
AT&T Wireless397 blocks
Qwest Corporation259 blocks
Midcontinent Communications200 blocks
Bandwidth130 blocks
The largest holder, Verizon Wireless, has 19% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 701 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 701 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 701?
Area code 701 is centred on Fargo, North Dakota and spans 298 rate centres, so it covers a region rather than a town.
Is a 701 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 701 the split runs 43% mobile, 40% landline and 16% VoIP, so mobile is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 701 numbers?
The largest holders are Verizon Wireless, Onvoy, AT&T Wireless. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 701 numbers are there?
The code holds 3,590 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 701 covers on the order of 3,590,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.