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Fort Deposit area codes

Fort Deposit, in Lowndes County, Alabama, had a Census-estimated population of 1,122 in July 2024. All 6 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 334. 334 is part of an overlay with 483, so a new local number in Fort Deposit may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Fort Deposit is in the Central time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 334 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Phone carriers in Fort Deposit

6 carriers hold the 6 exchanges assigned to Fort Deposit's rate center. Bellsouth Telecomm INC d/b/a South Central Bell Tel has the most, with 1. 4 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. Holding a code means NANPA assigned that block of numbers to the carrier for this rate center; individual numbers may since have been ported elsewhere.

Exchanges (NPA-NXX) assigned in Fort Deposit

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Fort Deposit's rate center (FT DEPOSIT). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2003. 1 of the 6 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Fort Deposit's exchanges were assigned

Assignment dates show when each block of Fort Deposit numbers was added to the local supply.

How local numbers work in Fort Deposit

What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Fort Deposit, those come from the FT DEPOSIT rate center, as recorded by NANPA.

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 334 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

The local business market

Fort Deposit is part of the Montgomery, AL metro area, home to 388,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 7,970 business establishments in the Montgomery, AL metro area in 2023, employing 133,691 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (1,328), other services (except public administration) (939), and health care and social assistance (912).

Setting up a Fort Deposit business line

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