# Area code 912 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Area_code_912 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Area_code_912.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_code_912 > Source revision: 1340737839 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Telephone area code for southeastern Georgia, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} thumb|350px '''Area code 912''' is a telephone [area code](/source/area_code) in the [North American Numbering Plan](/source/North_American_Numbering_Plan) (NANP) for the southeastern part of the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)). The numbering plan area contains [Savannah](/source/Savannah%2C_Georgia), [Richmond Hill](/source/Richmond_Hill%2C_Georgia), [Hinesville](/source/Hinesville%2C_Georgia), [Vidalia](/source/Vidalia%2C_Georgia), [Metter](/source/Metter%2C_Georgia), [Reidsville](/source/Reidsville%2C_Georgia), [Homerville](/source/Homerville%2C_Georgia), [Waycross](/source/Waycross%2C_Georgia), [Brunswick](/source/Brunswick%2C_Georgia), [Folkston](/source/Folkston%2C_Georgia), [Douglas](/source/Douglas%2C_Georgia), [Statesboro](/source/Statesboro%2C_Georgia), [Ludowici](/source/Ludowici%2C_Georgia), [Jesup](/source/Jesup%2C_Georgia) and [Kingsland](/source/Kingsland%2C_Georgia). The area code was created in 1954 in an [area code split](/source/area_code_split) from [area code 404](/source/area_code_404), which had been assigned to the entire state in 1947. In May 2025, the Georgia Public Service Commission announced the future conversion of the NPA into an [overlay complex](/source/overlay_complex) with new area code 565 in relief of anticipated central office code exhaustion by 2028. ==History== In 1947, when the [American Telephone and Telegraph Company](/source/American_Telephone_and_Telegraph_Company) (AT&T) divided North America into numbering plan areas (NPAs) for the first nationwide [telephone numbering plan](/source/telephone_numbering_plan), the state of Georgia received only one area code, 404, for the entire state. The city of Atlanta operated one of the eight [Regional Center](/source/Regional_Center)s in the nationwide telephone toll routing system. On July 1, 1954, the state was divided into two numbering plan areas. The area from [Macon](/source/Macon%2C_Georgia) southward, including Savannah and [Albany](/source/Albany%2C_Georgia), received area code 912. Area code 404 was reduced to the northern half of the state, from the [Tennessee](/source/Tennessee) and [North Carolina](/source/North_Carolina) borders as far south as [Columbus](/source/Columbus%2C_Georgia) and [Augusta](/source/Augusta%2C_Georgia). Despite the presence of Savannah, Albany and Macon, the southern half of Georgia is not nearly as densely populated as the northern half. As a result, 912 remained the sole area code for south Georgia for 46 years. In contrast, north Georgia went from one numbering plan area to three during the 1990s, plus an [overlay](/source/overlay_plan) for the Atlanta area. By the end of the 1990s, 912 was facing exhaustion due to the proliferation of cell phones and pagers, especially in Savannah, Macon, and Albany. On August 1, 2000, area code 912 was reduced in size in a three-way split to permit more central office codes in the southern half of the state. Savannah and the eastern portion retained 912. The western portion, centered on Albany, was assigned [area code 229](/source/area_code_229), while the northern portion, centered on Macon, received [area code 478](/source/area_code_478). Permissive dialing of 912 continued across southern Georgia until August 1, 2001. Prior to October 2021, area code 912 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.nanpa.com/sites/default/files/planning_letters/PL-556.pdf |date=2021-01-08 |publisher=[NANPA](/source/NANPA) |title=Planning Letter 556: Transition to 10-digit dialing (for 988 as 3-digit access to National Suicide Prevention Hotline) |access-date=2021-03-09 }} NANPA projections of October 2022 suggested that the coastal Georgia NPA will require exhaustion relief around 2027.{{cite web|url=https://nationalnanpa.com/reports/2022-2_NPA_Exhaust_Projections_Final.pdf|date=2021-10-21|publisher=North American Numbering Plan Administrator |title=2022-2 NRUF and NPA Exhaust Analysis|access-date=2021-10-25}} An [overlay complex](/source/overlay_complex) with 912 and area code 565 was approved in May 2025.{{cite web | url=https://psc.ga.gov/search/facts-document/?documentId=222762 | title=Document Detail }}{{cite web |url=https://psc.ga.gov/site/assets/files/8828/media_advisory_565_area_code.pdf |title=Georgia Gets 11th Area Code, New Number for Southeast Georgia Added |publisher=Georgia Public Service Commission |date=2025-06-10 |access-date=2025-06-14 }} ===Service area=== Numbering plan area 912 includes the counties of [Appling](/source/Appling_County%2C_Georgia), [Atkinson](/source/Atkinson_County%2C_Georgia), [Bacon](/source/Bacon_County%2C_Georgia), [Brantley](/source/Brantley_County%2C_Georgia), [Bryan](/source/Bryan_County%2C_Georgia), [Bulloch](/source/Bulloch_County%2C_Georgia), [Camden](/source/Camden_County%2C_Georgia), [Candler](/source/Candler_County%2C_Georgia), [Charlton](/source/Charlton_County%2C_Georgia), [Chatham](/source/Chatham_County%2C_Georgia), [Clinch](/source/Clinch_County%2C_Georgia), [Coffee](/source/Coffee_County%2C_Georgia), [Echols](/source/Echols_County%2C_Georgia) (part with [area code 229](/source/area_code_229)), [Effingham](/source/Effingham_County%2C_Georgia), [Emanuel](/source/Emanuel_County%2C_Georgia) (part with [area code 478](/source/area_code_478)), [Evans](/source/Evans_County%2C_Georgia), [Glynn](/source/Glynn_County%2C_Georgia), [Jeff Davis](/source/Jeff_Davis_County%2C_Georgia), [Liberty](/source/Liberty_County%2C_Georgia), [Long](/source/Long_County%2C_Georgia), [McIntosh](/source/McIntosh_County%2C_Georgia), [Montgomery](/source/Montgomery_County%2C_Georgia), [Pierce](/source/Pierce_County%2C_Georgia), [Screven](/source/Screven_County%2C_Georgia), [Tattnall](/source/Tattnall_County%2C_Georgia), [Telfair](/source/Telfair_County%2C_Georgia) (part with [area code 229](/source/area_code_229)), [Toombs](/source/Toombs_County%2C_Georgia), [Treutlen](/source/Treutlen_County%2C_Georgia), [Ware](/source/Ware_County%2C_Georgia), [Wayne](/source/Wayne_County%2C_Georgia), and [Wheeler](/source/Wheeler_County%2C_Georgia). ==See also== *[List of Georgia area codes](/source/List_of_Georgia_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=GA}} {{Area code box|State=GA | This=912 | N= [478](/source/area_code_478), [803/839](/source/area_codes_803_and_839), [843/854](/source/area_codes_843_and_854) | S= [386](/source/area_code_386), [324/904](/source/area_codes_904_and_324) | E= [Atlantic Ocean](/source/Atlantic_Ocean), [441](/source/area_code_441) | W= [229](/source/area_code_229) |S1=SC |S2=FL }}{{Coord|32.08233|-81.09652|region:US-GA|display=title}} {{DEFAULTSORT:912}} 912 912 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Area code 912](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_code_912) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_code_912?action=history)). 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