Get a local business phone number in Hickman, KY

What area code is Hickman, KY?

Hickman, in Fulton County, Kentucky, had a Census-estimated population of 2,282 in July 2024. NANPA lists 4 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 270 has the most (3, 75%). 270 is part of an overlay with 364, so a new local number in Hickman may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Hickman is in the Eastern and Central time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 270 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Hickman exchanges by carrier

4 carriers hold the 4 exchanges assigned to Hickman's rate center. Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - KY has the most, with 1. 4 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. A business number in Hickman can come from any of these blocks; once it is yours, porting lets it move between providers.

Hickman phone prefixes

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Hickman's rate center (HICKMAN). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2003. 1 of the 4 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Hickman's exchanges were assigned

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

What makes a number local to Hickman

Phone numbers are tied to a rate center, the local calling area used to decide whether a call is local or toll. Hickman's numbers are rated to the HICKMAN rate center in NANPA's records. A business number from one of the prefixes above shows up on customers' phones as a Hickman number.

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

Businesses around Hickman

Hickman is outside any Census metro or micropolitan area, so the figures below are statewide. County Business Patterns counted 94,402 business establishments in Kentucky in 2023, employing 1,708,602 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (15,020), health care and social assistance (12,636), and other services (except public administration) (9,543).

Business phone service in Hickman

Callata is a business phone system priced at $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user. Callata Office includes up to 3 local business numbers, unlimited inbound calling, 1,500 pooled outbound US and Canada minutes per user each month, a browser softphone that can also ring your cell, voicemail with transcription, call recording with AI summaries, business-hours routing and E911 on every number.

If you already have a number in Hickman, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.

Optional AI agents (receptionist, sales, support or scheduler) can answer calls after hours or when nobody picks up, take messages, text, email and transfer to your team. They are billed from prepaid AI minutes at $0.25 per minute, identify themselves as AI, and may only place outbound calls to people who consented, between 8am and 9pm.

An 18-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in Kentucky. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $540.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $449.10. On Callata the same 18 people cost $359.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.