Area code 940 is a telephonearea code in theNorth American Numbering Plan (NANP) for theU.S. state ofTexas in theWichita Falls andDenton areas. It was created on July 7, 1997, in a split fromarea code 817.

Counties:

Archer,Baylor,Childress,Clay,Cooke,Cottle,Denton,Foard,Grayson,Hardeman,Haskell,Jack,Knox,Montague,Palo Pinto,Parker,Stonewall,Throckmorton,Wichita,Wilbarger,Wise, andYoung

Towns and cities:

Alvord,Archer City,Argyle,Aubrey,Bellevue,Benjamin,Bluegrove,Bowie,Boyd,Bridgeport,Bryson,Burkburnett,Byers,Cee Vee,Chico,Childress,Chillicothe,Corinth,Crowell,Decatur,Dennis,Denton,Electra,Era,Forestburg,Gainesville,Gordon,Goree,Graford,Graham,Greenwood,Harrold,Haskell,Henrietta,Holliday,Iowa Park,Jacksboro,Jermyn,Justin,Kamay,Knox City,Krum,Lantana,Lake Dallas,Lindsay,Loving,Megargel,Millsap,Mineral Wells,Mingus,Montague,Muenster,Munday,Myra,Newark,Newcastle,Nocona,O'Brien,Oklaunion,Old Glory,Olney,Palo Pinto,Paradise,Perrin,Petrolia,Pilot Point,Ponder,Poolville,Quanah,Ringgold,Rochester,Rosston,Rule,Saint Jo,Sanger,Santo,Scotland,Seymour,Sheppard Air Force Base,Slidell,South Bend,Sunset,Tell,Throckmorton,Tioga,Valley View,Vernon,Weinert,Whitt,Wichita Falls,Windthorst andWoodson

Prior to October 2021, area code 940 had telephone numbers assigned for thecentral office code 988. In 2020,988 was designated nationwide as a dialing code for theNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which created a conflict for exchanges that permitseven-digit dialing. This area code was therefore scheduled to transition toten-digit dialing by October 24, 2021.^[1]

• List of Texas area codes
• "Area Code Maps". NANPA.

• List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 940 Area Code

• Area codes in the United States
• Area codes in Texas
• Wichita County, Texas

• Articles with short description
• Short description matches Wikidata