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Area code 940
Area code 940 is centred on Denton, Texas. We hold 3,577 allocated blocks for it across 96 rate centres, split 40% mobile, 41% landline and 18% VoIP.
The towns inside area code 940
Area code 940 is not a city code. It covers 96 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 940 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, 940 and others. By allocated blocks 940 is the 19th largest of them, holding 3% of the Texas total.
Where 940 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Wichitafls and Gainesvl 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 940 |
|---|---|---|
| Denton | 598 | 17% |
| Wichitafls | 538 | 15% |
| Decatur | 153 | 4% |
| Minerlwlls | 134 | 4% |
| Gainesvl | 120 | 3% |
| Aubrey | 116 | 3% |
| Bartonvl | 85 | 2% |
| Vernon | 85 | 2% |
| Justin | 79 | 2% |
| Bowie | 73 | 2% |
| Lakedallas | 72 | 2% |
| Argyle | 70 | 2% |
| Graham | 65 | 2% |
| Burkburntt | 62 | 2% |
| Tioga | 51 | 1% |
| Childress | 49 | 1% |
| Jacksboro | 49 | 1% |
| Henrietta | 45 | 1% |
| Seymour | 42 | 1% |
| Iowa Park | 39 | 1% |
| Pilotpoint | 39 | 1% |
| Myra | 38 | 1% |
| Sanger | 32 | 1% |
| Santo | 30 | 1% |
72 further rate centres in 940 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 940 blocks
Onvoy478 blocks
AT&T Wireless389 blocks
Bandwidth286 blocks
Verizon Wireless236 blocks
Southwestern Bell207 blocks
T-Mobile USA, Inc.172 blocks
The largest holder, Onvoy, has 13% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 940 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 940 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 940?
Area code 940 is centred on Denton, Texas and spans 96 rate centres, so it covers a region rather than a town.
Is a 940 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 940 the split runs 40% mobile, 41% landline and 18% VoIP, so landline is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 940 numbers?
The largest holders are Onvoy, AT&T Wireless, Bandwidth. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 940 numbers are there?
The code holds 3,577 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 940 covers on the order of 3,577,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.