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Area code 936
Area code 936 is centred on Conroe, Texas. We hold 3,469 allocated blocks for it across 72 rate centres, split 45% mobile, 36% landline and 20% VoIP.
The towns inside area code 936
Area code 936 is not a city code. It covers 72 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 936 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.
Texas is split across 28 area codes — 346, 832, 469, 210, 956, 936 and others. By allocated blocks 936 is the 21th largest of them, holding 3% of the Texas total.
Where 936 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Madisonvl and Prairie Vw 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 936 |
|---|---|---|
| Conroe | 702 | 20% |
| Huntsville | 229 | 7% |
| Lufkin | 225 | 6% |
| Nacogdochs | 185 | 5% |
| Dayton | 114 | 3% |
| Liberty | 104 | 3% |
| Livingston | 95 | 3% |
| Montgomery | 92 | 3% |
| Center | 87 | 3% |
| Willis | 82 | 2% |
| Crockett | 77 | 2% |
| Navasota | 72 | 2% |
| Madisonvl | 70 | 2% |
| Waller | 66 | 2% |
| Corrigan | 63 | 2% |
| Newwaverly | 52 | 1% |
| Sanaugustn | 50 | 1% |
| Prairie Vw | 43 | 1% |
| Chireno | 40 | 1% |
| Batson | 38 | 1% |
| Hardin | 37 | 1% |
| Shepherd | 36 | 1% |
| Timpson | 36 | 1% |
| Plantersvl | 33 | 1% |
48 further rate centres in 936 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 936 blocks
Onvoy472 blocks
AT&T Wireless447 blocks
Consolidated Communications Of Texas Company255 blocks
Verizon Wireless237 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.184 blocks
Southwestern Bell182 blocks
The largest holder, Onvoy, has 14% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 936 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 936 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 936?
Area code 936 is centred on Conroe, Texas and spans 72 rate centres, so it covers a region rather than a town.
Is a 936 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 936 the split runs 45% mobile, 36% landline and 20% VoIP, so mobile is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 936 numbers?
The largest holders are Onvoy, AT&T Wireless, Consolidated Communications Of Texas Company. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 936 numbers are there?
The code holds 3,469 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 936 covers on the order of 3,469,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.