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title: "Area code 260: Indiana, United States"
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summary: "Area code 260 serves Indiana, United States. Number formats, numbering rules, a live phone validator and the other codes in Indiana."
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# Area code 260: Indiana, United States

Area code 260 serves Indiana, United States. Number formats, numbering rules, a live phone validator and the other codes in Indiana.

NANPA lists 443 central office codes (prefixes) in use in area code 260, held by 48 holders across 76 rate centers.
Frontier North, INC.. holds the most prefixes, 94 (21%). 79% of the prefixes are pooled, which means their thousands-blocks can belong to different companies.
The FCC unwanted-call data has 1,362 complaints on file for 1,035 numbers in 260, most often filed as "Unwanted Calls". These are consumer reports, not findings.

## Facts

- In service since: 2002-01-15
- Time zone: Eastern (E)
- Prefixes in use: 443
- Pooled prefixes: 351 (79%)
- Rate centers: 76
- Companies holding prefixes: 48
- Assignment dates on file: 2001-05-04 to 2026-07-10 (203 prefixes)
- ZIP codes in its places: 98

## Rate centers

| Rate center | Prefixes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FORT WAYNE | 149 | 34% |
| HUNTINGTON | 14 | 3% |
| AUBURN | 11 | 2% |
| ANGOLA | 10 | 2% |
| KENDALLVL | 10 | 2% |
| WABASH | 10 | 2% |
| BLUFFTON | 9 | 2% |
| LAGRANGE | 9 | 2% |
| 68 other rate centers | 221 | 50% |

## Carriers

| Holder | Prefixes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Frontier North, INC.. | 94 | 21% |
| New Cingular Wireless PCS | 52 | 12% |
| Brightspeed Of Indiana | 36 | 8% |
| Verizon Wireless | 35 | 8% |
| Omnipoint Communications Midwest Operations | 32 | 7% |
| Onvoy | 31 | 7% |
| 42 other carriers | 163 | 37% |

A prefix holder is the company a code was assigned to, not necessarily a number's current carrier, because numbers can be ported to another company.

## History

- 1948-01-01: Area code 219, named as the parent of 260 in the NANPA report, was in service.
- 2002-01-15: Area code 260 went into service.

## Nearest area codes

The area codes closest to 260, measured between the centers of the ZIP code places they serve, are 574 (about 55 miles), 765 (about 81 miles), 419 (about 82 miles), 269 (about 85 miles) and 567 (about 86 miles).

## ZIP codes

98 ZIP codes fall in places that have a rate center in this area code. The places with the most are Fort Wayne, IN (43 ZIP codes), Albion, IN (1 ZIP code) and Andrews, IN (1 ZIP code). A ZIP code and an area code are unrelated systems, so a ZIP code can sit in more than one area code and an area code spans many ZIP codes.

## Complaints on file

1,362 complaints for 1,035 numbers. Numbers whose latest complaint falls in each year:

- 2023: 66
- 2024: 62
- 2025: 69

## Questions

### Where is area code 260?

NANPA assigns area code 260 to Indiana, United States.

### In which state does area code 260 sit?

Indiana. 260 is one of 8 area codes the NANPA table assigns to the state.

### Which places does area code 260 cover?

The places with the most ZIP codes among the rate centers in 260 are Fort Wayne, IN, Albion, IN and Andrews, IN. The rate center list on this page shows all of them.

### Who owns area code 260?

NANPA assigns area codes. Within 260, Frontier North, INC.. holds the most prefixes, 94 prefixes or 21%.

### Which time zone does 260 use?

The NANPA NPA report lists the time zone for 260 as Eastern (E).

### What year did 260 enter service?

The NANPA NPA report gives an in-service date of 2002-01-15, so 260 has been in use since 2002.

### Does area code 260 have an overlay?

The NANPA NPA report lists no other area code in an overlay with 260.

### Which area codes are nearest to 260?

The area codes closest to 260, measured between the centers of the ZIP code places they serve, are 574 (about 55 miles), 765 (about 81 miles), 419 (about 82 miles), 269 (about 85 miles) and 567 (about 86 miles).

### How many prefixes does area code 260 have?

NANPA's report dated 2026-10-17 lists 443 prefixes in service in 260, spread over 76 rate centers and 48 holders.

### Are there complaints about 260 numbers?

The FCC data on file has 1,362 complaints for 1,035 numbers in 260. They are unverified consumer reports. A number with no complaints on file is not proven safe.

Sources: NANPA central office code report dated 2026-10-17; NANPA NPA report dated 2026-10-18; FCC unwanted-call complaints, data fetched 2026-10-17; ZIP code places from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).