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Glouster area codes

Glouster village is a Census place in Athens County, Ohio, with an estimated 1,647 residents in 2024. All 2 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 740. 740 is part of an overlay with 220, so a new local number in Glouster may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Glouster is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 740 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Glouster exchanges by carrier

2 carriers hold the 2 exchanges assigned to Glouster's rate center. Brightspeed of Northwest Ohio, INC. has the most, with 1. 2 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 Glouster

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Glouster's rate center (GLOUSTER). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2012. None were assigned in 2020 or later.

Rate centers and local calling in Glouster

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

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

Businesses around Glouster

Glouster is part of the Athens, OH micropolitan area, home to 63,218 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 1,030 business establishments in the Athens, OH micropolitan area in 2023, employing 13,467 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (174), accommodation and food services (156), and health care and social assistance (147).

A Glouster 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 Glouster 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.

A 13-person team is the benchmark here, the rounded average establishment size in the Athens, OH micropolitan area. Billed per seat at month-to-month list prices (checked September 28, 2026), RingCentral RingEX Core costs $390.00 a month and Ooma Office Pro $324.35. Callata comes to $259.00 a month for 13 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.