MARIETTA – On March 21 everyone within the 740 area code in Ohio will have to add that three-digit prefix to make phone calls. In April, a second area code, 220, goes into service within the 740 area.

The day of the long dial has arrived as the new 380 area code joins the longstanding 614 area code in central Ohio. As of Saturday, Jan. 30, local calls require 10 digits -- the appropriate area code ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — People who live in the 740 area code will have to dial 10 numbers for local calls next year as a new area code is established. The 220 area code is needed in a 30-county region ...

(COLUMBUS) – Beginning Saturday, mandatory 10-digit dialing comes to the 614 area code. The change is coming to help prepare for the arrival of the new 380 area code to Columbus. The new area code is ...

NEWARK - In 2015, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio announced the supply of available phone numbers within the 740 area code, currently in use throughout many counties in the Central Ohio area, ...