# Area code 979

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Area code in Texas, United States

Numbering plan areas and area codes of Texas with numbering plan area 979 highlighted.

**Area code 979** 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). The numbering plan area comprises the region generally following the [Brazos River](/source/Brazos_River) found between the [Austin](/source/Austin%2C_Texas) and [Houston](/source/Houston) metro areas and its surrounding communities, stretching from just south of [Waco](/source/Waco%2C_Texas) to the Gulf Coast. It was created on February 13, 2000, in a split from [area code 409](/source/Area_code_409).

## Service area

The counties served by area code 979 are:

- [Austin](/source/Austin_County%2C_Texas), [Brazoria](/source/Brazoria_County%2C_Texas), [Brazos](/source/Brazos_County%2C_Texas), [Burleson](/source/Burleson_County%2C_Texas), [Colorado](/source/Colorado_County%2C_Texas), [Fayette](/source/Fayette_County%2C_Texas), [Fort Bend](/source/Fort_Bend_County%2C_Texas), [Lee](/source/Lee_County%2C_Texas), [Matagorda](/source/Matagorda_County%2C_Texas), [Milam](/source/Milam_County%2C_Texas), [Robertson](/source/Robertson_County%2C_Texas), [Waller](/source/Waller_County%2C_Texas), [Washington](/source/Washington_County%2C_Texas) and [Wharton](/source/Wharton_County%2C_Texas).

The area includes the following cities and towns:

- [Alleyton](/source/Alleyton%2C_Texas), [Altair](/source/Altair%2C_Texas), [Angleton](/source/Angleton%2C_Texas), [Bay City](/source/Bay_City%2C_Texas), [Beasley](/source/Beasley%2C_Texas), [Bellville](/source/Bellville%2C_Texas), [Bleiblerville](/source/Bleiblerville%2C_Texas), [Boling](/source/Boling%2C_Texas), [Brazoria](/source/Brazoria%2C_Texas), [Brenham](/source/Brenham%2C_Texas), [Bryan](/source/Bryan%2C_Texas), [Burton](/source/Burton%2C_Washington_County%2C_Texas), [Caldwell](/source/Caldwell%2C_Texas), [Calvert](/source/Calvert%2C_Texas), [Carmine](/source/Carmine%2C_Texas), [Cat Spring](/source/Cat_Spring%2C_Texas), [Cedar Lane](/source/Cedar_Lane%2C_Texas), [Chappell Hill](/source/Chappell_Hill%2C_Texas), [Chriesman](/source/Chriesman%2C_Texas), [Clute](/source/Clute%2C_Texas), [College Station](/source/College_Station%2C_Texas), [Columbus](/source/Columbus%2C_Texas), [Damon](/source/Damon%2C_Texas), [Danbury](/source/Danbury%2C_Texas), [Danciger](/source/Danciger%2C_Texas), [Danevang](/source/Danevang%2C_Texas), [Deanville](/source/Deanville%2C_Texas), [Dime Box](/source/Dime_Box%2C_Texas), [Eagle Lake](/source/Eagle_Lake%2C_Texas), [East Bernard](/source/East_Bernard%2C_Texas), [Egypt](/source/Egypt%2C_Wharton_County%2C_Texas), [El Campo](/source/El_Campo%2C_Texas), [Ellinger](/source/Ellinger%2C_Texas), [Fayetteville](/source/Fayetteville%2C_Texas), [Franklin](/source/Franklin%2C_Texas), [Freeport](/source/Freeport%2C_Texas), [Garwood](/source/Garwood%2C_Texas), [Gause](/source/Gause%2C_Texas), [Giddings](/source/Giddings%2C_Texas), [Glen Flora](/source/Glen_Flora%2C_Texas), [Glidden](/source/Glidden%2C_Texas), [Guy](/source/Guy%2C_Texas), [Hearne](/source/Hearne%2C_Texas), [Hempstead](/source/Hempstead%2C_Texas), [Hungerford](/source/Hungerford%2C_Texas), [Industry](/source/Industry%2C_Texas), [Kendleton](/source/Kendleton%2C_Texas), [Kenney](/source/Kenney%2C_Texas), [Kurten](/source/Kurten%2C_Texas), [La Grange](/source/La_Grange%2C_Texas), [Lake Jackson](/source/Lake_Jackson%2C_Texas), [Lane City](/source/Lane_City%2C_Texas), [Ledbetter](/source/Ledbetter%2C_Texas), [Lexington](/source/Lexington%2C_Texas), [Lincoln](/source/Lincoln%2C_Texas), [Lissie](/source/Lissie%2C_Texas), [Louise](/source/Louise%2C_Texas), [Lyons](/source/Lyons%2C_Texas), [Markham](/source/Markham%2C_Texas), [Matagorda](/source/Matagorda%2C_Texas), [Millican](/source/Millican%2C_Texas), [Mumford](/source/Mumford%2C_Texas), [Nada](/source/Nada%2C_Texas), [Navasota](/source/Navasota%2C_Texas), [Needville](/source/Needville%2C_Texas), [New Baden](/source/New_Baden%2C_Texas), [New Ulm](/source/New_Ulm%2C_Texas), [Oakland](/source/Oakland%2C_Colorado_County%2C_Texas), [Old Ocean](/source/Old_Ocean%2C_Texas), [Orchard](/source/Orchard%2C_Texas), [Pierce](/source/Pierce%2C_Texas), [Pledger](/source/Pledger%2C_Texas), [Plum](/source/Plum%2C_Texas), [Prairie Hill](/source/Prairie_Hill%2C_Washington_County%2C_Texas), [Pine Island](/source/Pine_Island%2C_Texas), [Rock Island](/source/Rock_Island%2C_Colorado_County%2C_Texas), [Round Top](/source/Round_Top%2C_Texas), [San Felipe](/source/San_Felipe%2C_Texas), [Schulenburg](/source/Schulenburg%2C_Texas), [Sealy](/source/Sealy%2C_Texas), [Sheridan](/source/Sheridan%2C_Texas), [Somerville](/source/Somerville%2C_Texas), [Sweeny](/source/Sweeny%2C_Texas), [Van Vleck](/source/Van_Vleck%2C_Texas), [Wadsworth](/source/Wadsworth%2C_Texas), [Wallis](/source/Wallis%2C_Texas), [Warda](/source/Warda%2C_Texas), [Warrenton](/source/Warrenton%2C_Texas), [Weimar](/source/Weimar%2C_Texas), [Wellborn](/source/Wellborn%2C_Texas), [West Columbia](/source/West_Columbia%2C_Texas), [West Point](/source/West_Point%2C_Fayette_County%2C_Texas), [Wharton](/source/Wharton%2C_Texas), and [Wheelock](/source/Wheelock%2C_Texas).

## See also

- [Texas portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Texas)

- [List of Texas area codes](/source/List_of_Texas_area_codes)

## External links

- ["Area Code Maps"](https://www.nanpa.com/resources/area-code-maps). [North American Numbering Plan Administrator](/source/North_American_Numbering_Plan_Administrator).

- [List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 979 Area Code](https://web.archive.org/web/20081207012022/http://www.areacodedownload.com/979/index.html)

Texas area codes: 210/726, 214/469/972/945, 254, 325, 361, 409, 432, 512/737, 713/281/832/346, 806, 817/682, 830, 903/430, 915, 936, 940, 956, 979 North: 254, 430/903 West: 512/737, 361 area code 979 East: 281/346/621/713/832, 409, 936 South: Gulf of Mexico

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