Area code 229
Area code 229 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan for the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Georgia. The numbering plan area includes Albany, Valdosta, Leesburg, Bainbridge, Americus, Vienna, Fitzgerald, Ocilla, Cairo, Moultrie, Thomasville, McRae-Helena, and Tifton.
The area code was created in 2001 in a three-way split of area code 912, which had served the southern half of Georgia for 46 years. Savannah and the eastern portion retained area code 912, while Macon and the northern portion were assign to area code 478.
Counties served
- Baker
- Ben Hill
- Berrien
- Brooks
- Calhoun
- Clay
- Colquitt
- Cook
- Crisp
- Decatur
- Dodge (part with area code 478)
- Dooly County, Georgia (part with area code 478)
- Dougherty
- Early
- Echols (part with area code 912)
- Grady
- Irwin
- Lanier
- Lee
- Lowndes
- Marion
- Miller
- Mitchell
- Pulaski (part with area code 478)
- Quitman
- Randolph
- Schley
- Seminole
- Stewart
- Sumter
- Telfair (part with area code 912)
- Terrell
- Thomas
- Tift
- Turner
- Webster
- Wilcox
- Worth
External links
| North: 706/762, 478 | ||
| West: 334 | Area code 229 | East: 912 |
| South: 850, 386 | ||
| Alabama area codes: 205/659, 251, 256/938, 334 | ||
| Florida area codes: 239, 305/786, 321, 352, 386, 407/689, 561, 727, 772, 813, 850/448, 863, 904, 941, 954/754 | ||
31°34′37″N 84°10′34″W / 31.57688°N 84.17617°W
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