# Area code 479

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{{short description|Telephone area code in northwestern Arkansas}}
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'''Area code 479''' is a telephone [area code](/source/NPA_code) in the [North American Numbering Plan](/source/North_American_Numbering_Plan) (NANP) in the northwestern part of the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Arkansas](/source/Arkansas). The [numbering plan area](/source/numbering_plan_area) (NPA) comprises thirteen counties and the cities of [Bentonville](/source/Bentonville%2C_Arkansas), [Fayetteville](/source/Fayetteville%2C_Arkansas), [Fort Smith](/source/Fort_Smith%2C_Arkansas), [Rogers](/source/Rogers%2C_Arkansas), [Siloam Springs](/source/Siloam_Springs%2C_Arkansas) and [Springdale](/source/Springdale%2C_Arkansas). The area code was created on January 19, 2002, in a [split](/source/area_code_split) of [area code 501](/source/area_code_501).<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.nanpa.com/sites/default/files/planning_letters/PL-295.pdf
|title=Planning Letter 295: 501 NPA Split; Creating 479 NPA (Arkansas)
|publisher=[NANPA](/source/NANPA)
|date=2001-08-16
|access-date=2025-07-23
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.nanpa.com/sites/default/files/planning_letters/PL-302.pdf
|title=Planning Letter 302: Amended 501 NPA Split Creating 479 NPA (Arkansa)
|publisher=[NANPA](/source/NANPA)
|date=2001-09-26
|access-date=2025-07-23
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news
|last=Brooks |first=Jackie |date=2012-06-20 |title=Looking Back: 10 years ago: 479 area code goes into effect |url=https://hl.nwaonline.com/news/2012/jun/20/10-years-ago-479-area-code-goes-effect-20120620/
|access-date=2025-07-23
|work=Siloam Springs Herald Leader
|publisher=NWA Media
}}</ref>

==Service area==
Area code 479 serves the counties of [Benton](/source/Benton_County%2C_Arkansas), [Crawford](/source/Crawford_County%2C_Arkansas), [Franklin](/source/Franklin_County%2C_Arkansas), [Johnson](/source/Johnson_County%2C_Arkansas), [Logan](/source/Logan_County%2C_Arkansas), [Madison](/source/Madison_County%2C_Arkansas), [Polk](/source/Polk_County%2C_Arkansas), [Pope](/source/Pope_County%2C_Arkansas), [Scott](/source/Scott_County%2C_Arkansas), [Sebastian](/source/Sebastian_County%2C_Arkansas), [Washington](/source/Washington_County%2C_Arkansas) and [Yell](/source/Yell_County%2C_Arkansas), and parts of  [Carroll County](/source/Carroll_County%2C_Arkansas), the rest being served with [area codes 870 and 327](/source/area_codes_870_and_327).

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Area code box
|State=AR
|  This=479
|  N= [417](/source/area_code_417)
|  S= [501](/source/area_code_501), [327/870](/source/area_codes_870_and_327)
|  E= [501](/source/area_code_501), [327/870](/source/area_codes_870_and_327)
|  W= [539/918](/source/area_codes_918_and_539)
|S1=MO|S2=OK
}}

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