# Area code 806

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{{short description|Area code in Texas, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2026}}
{{Texas area codes image map|806}}
'''Area code 806''' is a telephone [area code](/source/area_code) in the [North American Numbering Plan](/source/North_American_Numbering_Plan) (NANP) for the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Texas](/source/Texas) in the [Panhandle](/source/Texas_Panhandle) and [South Plains](/source/South_Plains), including the cities of [Amarillo](/source/Amarillo%2C_Texas) and [Lubbock](/source/Lubbock%2C_Texas). It was created in 1957 in a [flash-cut](/source/flash-cut) from [numbering plan area (NPA) 915](/source/area_code_915), the north-western corner of the state, but also incorporated a small portion of the region of [area code 817](/source/area_code_817) to the east.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Moore|first=Carl|journal=TELECOM Digest|url=http://massis.lcs.mit.edu/archives/areacodes/history.area.splits.2-96 |title=history.of.area.splits|date=1996-02-12 |access-date=2007-01-06|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710002143/http://massis.lcs.mit.edu/archives/areacodes/history.area.splits.2-96|archive-date=10 July 2012}} Also published in newsgroup comp.dcom.telecom</ref> As of 2025, area code 806 is the only area code of the six area codes that served Texas from 1957 to 1983 (along with [214](/source/Area_code_214), [512](/source/Area_code_512), [713](/source/Area_code_713), [817](/source/area_code_817), and [915](/source/area_code_915)) to not need relief.

Prior to October 2021, area code 806 had telephone numbers assigned for the [central office code](/source/central_office_code) 988. In 2020, ''988'' was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the [National Suicide Prevention Lifeline](/source/National_Suicide_Prevention_Lifeline), which created a conflict for exchanges that permit [seven-digit dialing](/source/seven-digit_dialing). This area code was therefore scheduled to transition to [ten-digit dialing](/source/ten-digit_dialing) by October 24, 2021.<ref name="pl556">{{cite web
|url=https://www.nanpa.com/sites/default/files/planning_letters/PL-556.pdf
|title=Transition to 10-digit dialing (for 988 as 3-digit access to National Suicide Prevention Hotline)
|publisher=NANPA
|date=2021-01-08
|access-date=2025-08-29
}}</ref>

==Service area==
Counties:
:[Armstrong](/source/Armstrong_County%2C_Texas), [Bailey](/source/Bailey_County%2C_Texas), [Borden](/source/Borden_County%2C_Texas), [Briscoe](/source/Briscoe_County%2C_Texas), [Carson](/source/Carson_County%2C_Texas), [Castro](/source/Castro_County%2C_Texas), [Cochran](/source/Cochran_County%2C_Texas), [Collingsworth](/source/Collingsworth_County%2C_Texas), [Cottle](/source/Cottle_County%2C_Texas), [Crosby](/source/Crosby_County%2C_Texas), [Dallam](/source/Dallam_County%2C_Texas), [Dawson](/source/Dawson_County%2C_Texas), [Deaf Smith](/source/Deaf_Smith_County%2C_Texas), [Dickens](/source/Dickens_County%2C_Texas), [Donley](/source/Donley_County%2C_Texas), [Floyd](/source/Floyd_County%2C_Texas), [Gaines](/source/Gaines_County%2C_Texas), [Garza](/source/Garza_County%2C_Texas), [Gray](/source/Gray_County%2C_Texas), [Hale](/source/Hale_County%2C_Texas), [Hall](/source/Hall_County%2C_Texas), [Hansford](/source/Hansford_County%2C_Texas), [Hartley](/source/Hartley_County%2C_Texas), [Hemphill](/source/Hemphill_County%2C_Texas), [Hockley](/source/Hockley_County%2C_Texas), [Hutchinson](/source/Hutchinson_County%2C_Texas), [Kent](/source/Kent_County%2C_Texas), [King](/source/King_County%2C_Texas), [Lamb](/source/Lamb_County%2C_Texas), [Lipscomb](/source/Lipscomb_County%2C_Texas), [Lubbock](/source/Lubbock_County%2C_Texas), [Lynn](/source/Lynn_County%2C_Texas), [Moore](/source/Moore_County%2C_Texas), [Motley](/source/Motley_County%2C_Texas), [Ochiltree](/source/Ochiltree_County%2C_Texas), [Oldham](/source/Oldham_County%2C_Texas), [Parmer](/source/Parmer_County%2C_Texas), [Potter](/source/Potter_County%2C_Texas), [Randall](/source/Randall_County%2C_Texas), [Roberts](/source/Roberts_County%2C_Texas), [Sherman](/source/Sherman_County%2C_Texas), [Swisher](/source/Swisher_County%2C_Texas), [Terry](/source/Terry_County%2C_Texas), [Wheeler](/source/Wheeler_County%2C_Texas) and [Yoakum](/source/Yoakum_County%2C_Texas)

Towns and cities: 
:[Abernathy](/source/Abernathy%2C_Texas), [Adrian](/source/Adrian%2C_Texas), [Afton](/source/Afton%2C_Texas), [Aiken](/source/Aiken%2C_Floyd_County%2C_Texas), [Alanreed](/source/Alanreed%2C_Texas), [Allison](/source/Allison%2C_Wheeler_County%2C_Texas), [Amarillo](/source/Amarillo%2C_Texas), [Amherst](/source/Amherst%2C_Texas), [Anton](/source/Anton%2C_Texas), [Bledsoe](/source/Bledsoe%2C_Texas), [Booker](/source/Booker%2C_Texas), [Borger](/source/Borger%2C_Texas), [Bovina](/source/Bovina%2C_Texas), [Boys Ranch](/source/Boys_Ranch%2C_Texas), [Briscoe](/source/Briscoe%2C_Texas), [Brownfield](/source/Brownfield%2C_Texas), [Bula](/source/Bula%2C_Texas), [Bushland](/source/Bushland%2C_Texas), [Cactus](/source/Cactus%2C_Texas), [Canadian](/source/Canadian%2C_Texas), [Canyon](/source/Canyon%2C_Texas), [Channing](/source/Channing%2C_Texas), [Clarendon](/source/Clarendon%2C_Texas), [Claude](/source/Claude%2C_Texas), [Cotton Center](/source/Cotton_Center%2C_Texas), [Crosbyton](/source/Crosbyton%2C_Texas), [Dalhart](/source/Dalhart%2C_Texas), [Darrouzett](/source/Darrouzett%2C_Texas), [Dawn](/source/Dawn%2C_Texas), [Dickens](/source/Dickens%2C_Texas), [Dimmitt](/source/Dimmitt%2C_Texas), [Dodson](/source/Dodson%2C_Texas), [Dougherty](/source/Dougherty%2C_Floyd_County%2C_Texas), [Dumas](/source/Dumas%2C_Texas), [Earth](/source/Earth%2C_Texas), [Edmonson](/source/Edmonson%2C_Texas), [Enochs](/source/Enochs%2C_Texas), [Estelline](/source/Estelline%2C_Texas), [Farnsworth](/source/Farnsworth%2C_Texas), [Farwell](/source/Farwell%2C_Texas), [Fieldton](/source/Fieldton%2C_Texas), [Flomot](/source/Flomot%2C_Texas), [Floydada](/source/Floydada%2C_Texas), [Follett](/source/Follett%2C_Texas), [Friona](/source/Friona%2C_Texas), [Fritch](/source/Fritch%2C_Texas), [Gail](/source/Gail%2C_Texas), [Girard](/source/Girard%2C_Texas), [Groom](/source/Groom%2C_Texas), [Gruver](/source/Gruver%2C_Texas), [Guthrie](/source/Guthrie%2C_Texas), [Hale Center](/source/Hale_Center%2C_Texas), [Happy](/source/Happy%2C_Texas), [Hart](/source/Hart%2C_Texas), [Hartley](/source/Hartley%2C_Texas), [Hedley](/source/Hedley%2C_Texas), [Hereford](/source/Hereford%2C_Texas), [Higgins](/source/Higgins%2C_Texas), [Idalou](/source/Idalou%2C_Texas), [Jayton](/source/Jayton%2C_Texas), [Justiceburg](/source/Justiceburg%2C_Texas), [Kerrick](/source/Kerrick%2C_Texas), [Kress](/source/Kress%2C_Texas), [Lakeview](/source/Lakeview%2C_Texas), [Lamesa](/source/Lamesa%2C_Texas), [Lazbuddie](/source/Lazbuddie%2C_Texas), [Lefors](/source/Lefors%2C_Texas), [Lelia Lake](/source/Lelia_Lake%2C_Texas), [Levelland](/source/Levelland%2C_Texas), [Lipscomb](/source/Lipscomb%2C_Texas), [Littlefield](/source/Littlefield%2C_Texas), [Lockney](/source/Lockney%2C_Texas), [Loop](/source/Loop%2C_Texas), [Lorenzo](/source/Lorenzo%2C_Texas), [Lubbock](/source/Lubbock%2C_Texas), [Maple](/source/Maple%2C_Bailey_County%2C_Texas), [Masterson](/source/Masterson%2C_Texas), [Matador](/source/Matador%2C_Texas), [McAdoo](/source/McAdoo%2C_Texas), [McLean](/source/McLean%2C_Texas), [Meadow](/source/Meadow%2C_Texas), [Memphis](/source/Memphis%2C_Texas), [Miami](/source/Miami%2C_Texas), [Mobeetie](/source/Mobeetie%2C_Texas), [Morse](/source/Morse%2C_Texas), [Morton](/source/Morton%2C_Texas), [Muleshoe](/source/Muleshoe%2C_Texas), [Nazareth](/source/Nazareth%2C_Texas), [New Deal](/source/New_Deal%2C_Texas), [New Home](/source/New_Home%2C_Texas), [O'Donnell](/source/O'Donnell%2C_Texas), [Olton](/source/Olton%2C_Texas), [Paducah](/source/Paducah%2C_Texas), [Pampa](/source/Pampa%2C_Texas), [Panhandle](/source/Panhandle%2C_Texas), [Pep](/source/Pep%2C_Texas), [Perryton](/source/Perryton%2C_Texas), [Petersburg](/source/Petersburg%2C_Texas), [Plains](/source/Plains%2C_Texas), [Plainview](/source/Plainview%2C_Texas), [Posey](/source/Posey%2C_Texas), [Post](/source/Post%2C_Texas), [Quail](/source/Quail%2C_Texas), [Quitaque](/source/Quitaque%2C_Texas), [Ralls](/source/Ralls%2C_Texas), [Ransom Canyon](/source/Ransom_Canyon%2C_Texas), [Roaring Springs](/source/Roaring_Springs%2C_Texas), [Ropesville](/source/Ropesville%2C_Texas), [Samnorwood](/source/Samnorwood%2C_Texas), [Sanford](/source/Sanford%2C_Texas), [Seagraves](/source/Seagraves%2C_Texas),  [Shallowater](/source/Shallowater%2C_Texas), [Shamrock](/source/Shamrock%2C_Texas), [Silverton](/source/Silverton%2C_Texas), [Skellytown](/source/Skellytown%2C_Texas), [Slaton](/source/Slaton%2C_Texas), [Smyer](/source/Smyer%2C_Texas), [South Plains](/source/South_Plains%2C_Texas), [Spade](/source/Spade%2C_Texas), [Spearman](/source/Spearman%2C_Texas), [Springlake](/source/Springlake%2C_Texas), [Spur](/source/Spur%2C_Texas), [Stinnett](/source/Stinnett%2C_Texas), [Stratford](/source/Stratford%2C_Texas), [Sudan](/source/Sudan%2C_Texas), [Summerfield](/source/Summerfield%2C_Texas), [Sundown](/source/Sundown%2C_Texas), [Sunray](/source/Sunray%2C_Texas), [Tahoka](/source/Tahoka%2C_Texas), [Texline](/source/Texline%2C_Texas), [Tokio](/source/Tokio%2C_Texas), [Tulia](/source/Tulia%2C_Texas), [Turkey](/source/Turkey%2C_Texas), [Umbarger](/source/Umbarger%2C_Texas), [Vega](/source/Vega%2C_Texas), [Waka](/source/Waka%2C_Texas), [Wayside](/source/Wayside%2C_Lynn_County%2C_Texas), [Welch](/source/Welch%2C_Texas), [Wellington](/source/Wellington%2C_Texas), [Wellman](/source/Wellman%2C_Texas), [Wheeler](/source/Wheeler%2C_Texas), [White Deer](/source/White_Deer%2C_Texas), [Whiteface](/source/Whiteface%2C_Texas), [Whitharral](/source/Whitharral%2C_Texas), [Wildorado](/source/Wildorado%2C_Texas), [Wilson](/source/Wilson%2C_Texas), and [Wolfforth](/source/Wolfforth%2C_Texas)

==See also==
*[List of Texas area codes](/source/List_of_Texas_area_codes)
*[List of North American Numbering Plan area codes](/source/List_of_North_American_Numbering_Plan_area_codes)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Area_code_footer|Map=TX}}

{{clear}}
{{Area code box|State=TX
|This=806
|N= [580](/source/area_code_580)
|S= [325](/source/area_code_325), [432](/source/area_code_432)
|E= [580](/source/area_code_580), [940](/source/area_code_940)
|W= [575](/source/area_code_575)
|S1=NM | S2=OK
}}

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Category:Amarillo, Texas
Category:Lubbock, Texas

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