Get a local business phone number in Carthage, MS

Carthage area codes

Carthage city is a Census place in Leake County, Mississippi, with an estimated 4,855 residents in 2024. NANPA lists 8 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 601 has the most (7, 88%). 601 is part of an overlay with 769, so a new local number in Carthage may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Carthage is in the Central time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 601 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Carthage exchanges by carrier

4 carriers hold the 8 exchanges assigned to Carthage's rate center. Bellsouth Telecomm INC d/b/a South Central Bell Tel has the most, with 4. 8 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. The table counts codes by the operating company NANPA assigned them to, not by who serves each number today.

Exchanges (NPA-NXX) assigned in Carthage

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Carthage's rate center (CARTHAGE). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2003. 1 of the 8 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Carthage's exchanges were assigned

The table groups Carthage's exchanges by the decade NANPA recorded them as assigned.

Rate centers and local calling in Carthage

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

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 601 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

Businesses around Carthage

Carthage is outside any Census metro or micropolitan area, so the figures below are statewide. County Business Patterns counted 60,465 business establishments in Mississippi in 2023, employing 956,079 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (11,303), health care and social assistance (7,038), and other services (except public administration) (6,523).

A Carthage number on Callata

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.

Porting a number you already use in Carthage 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.

The comparison below uses 16 users, the rounded average establishment size in Mississippi. At list prices checked September 28, 2026, that is $399.20 a month on Ooma Office Pro and $480.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core. Callata comes to $319.00 a month for 16 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.