Get a local business phone number in Leonardtown, MD

What area code is Leonardtown, MD?

Leonardtown town is a Census place in St. Mary's County, Maryland, with an estimated 5,041 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 28 exchanges for its rate center across 3 area codes; 240 has the most (17, 61%). 240 is part of an overlay with 227 and 301, so a new local number in Leonardtown may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Leonardtown is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 240 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Leonardtown exchanges by carrier

13 carriers hold the 28 exchanges assigned to Leonardtown's rate center. Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - MD has the most, with 13. 22 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. A business number in Leonardtown can come from any of these blocks; once it is yours, porting lets it move between providers.

Leonardtown phone prefixes

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Leonardtown. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 5 of the 28 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Leonardtown's exchanges were assigned

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

What makes a number local to Leonardtown

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

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 240 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

Businesses around Leonardtown

Leonardtown is part of the Lexington Park, MD metro area, home to 211,000 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 3,815 business establishments in the Lexington Park, MD metro area in 2023, employing 51,887 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are construction (566), professional, scientific, and technical services (542), and retail trade (499).

Business phone service in Leonardtown

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If you already have a number in Leonardtown, 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.

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A 14-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the Lexington Park, MD metro area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $420.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $349.30. On Callata the same 14 people cost $279.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.