Get a local business phone number in Monticello, MS

What area code is Monticello, MS?

With 1,369 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Monticello sits in Lawrence County, Mississippi. NANPA lists 7 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 601 has the most (6, 86%). 601 is part of an overlay with 769, so a new local number in Monticello may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Monticello 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.

Monticello exchanges by carrier

6 carriers hold the 7 exchanges assigned to Monticello's rate center. Telepak Networks, INC. - MS has the most, with 2. 4 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.

Monticello phone prefixes

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Monticello. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 1 of the 7 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Monticello's exchanges were assigned

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

Rate centers and local calling in Monticello

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

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

Who does business near Monticello

Monticello 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 Monticello 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 Monticello, 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 16-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in Mississippi. 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. On Callata the same 16 people cost $319.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.