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Area code 765
Area code 765 is centred on Lafayette, Indiana. We hold 5,549 allocated blocks for it across 139 rate centres, split 35% mobile, 46% landline and 19% VoIP.
The towns inside area code 765
Area code 765 is not a city code. It covers 139 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 765 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.
Indiana is split across 8 area codes — 812, 317, 765, 219, 260, 574 and others. By allocated blocks 765 is the third largest of them, holding 18% of the Indiana total.
Where 765 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Martinsvl and Crawfodsvl 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 765 |
|---|---|---|
| Lafayette | 416 | 7% |
| Anderson | 365 | 7% |
| Kokomo | 255 | 5% |
| Muncie | 233 | 4% |
| Marion | 199 | 4% |
| Richmond | 168 | 3% |
| New Castle | 146 | 3% |
| Martinsvl | 124 | 2% |
| Crawfodsvl | 117 | 2% |
| Lebanon | 112 | 2% |
| Greencastl | 110 | 2% |
| Frankfort | 107 | 2% |
| Peru | 99 | 2% |
| Attica | 73 | 1% |
| Hartfordcy | 63 | 1% |
| Rockville | 60 | 1% |
| Connersvl | 59 | 1% |
| Yorktown | 56 | 1% |
| Clinton | 55 | 1% |
| Rushville | 54 | 1% |
| Winchester | 51 | 1% |
| Delphi | 48 | 1% |
| Elwood | 47 | 1% |
| Alexandria | 45 | 1% |
115 further rate centres in 765 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 765 blocks
Onvoy834 blocks
AT&T Wireless577 blocks
Verizon Wireless428 blocks
Indiana Bell Tel Co Inc356 blocks
Bandwidth304 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.238 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 765 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 765 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 765?
Area code 765 is centred on Lafayette, Indiana and spans 139 rate centres, so it covers a region rather than a town.
Is a 765 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 765 the split runs 35% mobile, 46% landline and 19% VoIP, so landline is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 765 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 765 numbers are there?
The code holds 5,549 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 765 covers on the order of 5,549,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.