Get a local business phone number in Star City, AR

Star City area codes

Star City, in Lincoln County, Arkansas, had a Census-estimated population of 2,067 in July 2024. All 3 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 870. 870 is part of an overlay with 327, so a new local number in Star City may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Star City is in the Central time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 870 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Who holds Star City phone exchanges

3 carriers hold the 3 exchanges assigned to Star City's rate center. New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - Il has the most, with 1. 2 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.

Star City phone prefixes

These are the central office codes NANPA records for Star City. A caller seeing one of them recognizes a local number. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2002. None were assigned in 2020 or later.

What makes a number local to Star City

What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Star City, those come from the STAR CITY rate center, as recorded by NANPA.

If your business already has a Star City number, porting it to Callata is free and keeps it on your cards, listings and vehicles.

The local business market

Star City is outside any Census metro or micropolitan area, so the figures below are statewide. County Business Patterns counted 70,452 business establishments in Arkansas in 2023, employing 1,120,356 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (10,566), health care and social assistance (9,072), and other services (except public administration) (7,041).

A Star City number on Callata

For $99 a month, Callata puts a team of up to 5 on one plan ($20 for each person after that): up to 3 local numbers, unlimited inbound calls, a pooled allowance of 1,500 outbound US and Canada minutes per user, browser and cell calling, voicemail transcription with urgency triage, recorded calls with AI summaries and business-hours routing, with E911 on every number.

Porting a number you already use in Star City is free, and business texting is available once the carrier registration (10DLC) is approved; the registration carries a one-time $49 fee. Which specific numbers are open in a given area code depends on carrier inventory at the time you sign up.

AI agents are optional: an AI receptionist or scheduler can pick up when the team is busy or closed, take a message, send a text or email, or transfer the call. They draw on prepaid AI minutes ($0.25/minute), disclose that they are AI, and outbound AI calls require prior consent and are limited to 8am–9pm.

A 16-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in Arkansas. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $480.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $399.20. Callata comes to $319.00 a month for 16 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.