Get a local business phone number in Fayette, MS

What area code is Fayette, MS?

Fayette, in Jefferson County, Mississippi, had a Census-estimated population of 1,342 in July 2024. NANPA lists 6 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 601 has the most (4, 67%). 601 is part of an overlay with 769, so a new local number in Fayette may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Fayette 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.

Who holds Fayette phone exchanges

5 carriers hold the 6 exchanges assigned to Fayette's rate center. Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC - MS has the most, with 2. 6 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.

Local prefixes for Fayette

These are the central office codes NANPA records for Fayette. A caller seeing one of them recognizes a local number. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 1 of the 6 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Fayette's exchanges were assigned

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

What makes a number local to Fayette

NANPA ties every exchange to a rate center. For Fayette that is FAYETTE, so a number from one of these exchanges reads as local to people in and around Fayette.

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

Businesses around Fayette

Fayette is part of the Natchez, MS-LA micropolitan area, home to 53,371 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 1,130 business establishments in the Natchez, MS-LA micropolitan area in 2023, employing 13,763 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (206), health care and social assistance (151), and other services (except public administration) (123).

A Fayette 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.

If you already have a number in Fayette, 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 12-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the Natchez, MS-LA micropolitan area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $360.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $299.40. On Callata the same 12 people cost $239.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.