Area code 260: where it is and who calls from it
Area code 260 is in Indiana.
Indiana (Fort Wayne, New Haven, Decatur, Angola, Huntington, Wabash, and most of northeastern Indiana)
| Where | Indiana |
|---|---|
| Time zone | Eastern Time ยท local time |
| In service since | 2002 |
| Overlay | No |
| Prefixes assigned | 444 of 792 possible (56%) |
Where 260 numbers started
Every prefix is assigned to a rate center, the local calling area it was set up in. These are the biggest in 260, with how many prefixes each has.
Plus 16 smaller rate centers.
Who holds 260 numbers
- Mobile carrier 31%
- Local phone company 35%
- Internet / business phone carrier 30%
- Paging service 1%
- Phone company 4%
| Carrier | Type | Prefixes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier | Local phone company | 99 | 22% |
| AT&T Mobility | Mobile carrier | 52 | 12% |
| Onvoy | Internet / business phone carrier | 38 | 9% |
| Verizon Wireless | Mobile carrier | 36 | 8% |
| T-Mobile (including Sprint) | Mobile carrier | 36 | 8% |
| Brightspeed Of Indiana | Local phone company | 36 | 8% |
| Level 3 (Lumen) | Internet / business phone carrier | 22 | 5% |
| AT&T (local phone) | Local phone company | 16 | 4% |
| Fractel | Internet / business phone carrier | 14 | 3% |
| Bandwidth | Internet / business phone carrier | 10 | 2% |
Most prefixes are pooled: the 10,000 numbers in each are handed out in blocks of 1,000 to different carriers, and people can also take their numbers to another carrier. So the carrier shown is where the prefix started, not a guarantee about any one number.
States served: Indiana.
Other area codes in Indiana
Got a call from 260?
An area code tells you where a number was first assigned, not where the caller is. People keep their numbers when they move, and scammers can fake any number. If you weren't expecting the call, let it go to voicemail.
If the call shows a 260 number that matches the first six digits of your own, that's often neighbor spoofing. Use the box above to check the full number.
Area code facts from the NANPA area code database (updated 10/06/2026); prefixes and carriers from NANPA's central office code records (updated 2026-10-10). Place description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.