{{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 in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the U.S. state of Texas in the Panhandle and South Plains, including the cities of Amarillo and Lubbock. It was created in 1957 in a flash-cut from numbering plan area (NPA) 915, the north-western corner of the state, but also incorporated a small portion of the region of 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, 512, 713, 817, and 915) to not need relief.
Prior to October 2021, area code 806 had telephone numbers assigned for the central office code 988. In 2020, ''988'' was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which created a conflict for exchanges that permit seven-digit dialing. This area code was therefore scheduled to transition to 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, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Kent, King, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Terry, Wheeler and Yoakum
Towns and cities: :Abernathy, Adrian, Afton, Aiken, Alanreed, Allison, Amarillo, Amherst, Anton, Bledsoe, Booker, Borger, Bovina, Boys Ranch, Briscoe, Brownfield, Bula, Bushland, Cactus, Canadian, Canyon, Channing, Clarendon, Claude, Cotton Center, Crosbyton, Dalhart, Darrouzett, Dawn, Dickens, Dimmitt, Dodson, Dougherty, Dumas, Earth, Edmonson, Enochs, Estelline, Farnsworth, Farwell, Fieldton, Flomot, Floydada, Follett, Friona, Fritch, Gail, Girard, Groom, Gruver, Guthrie, Hale Center, Happy, Hart, Hartley, Hedley, Hereford, Higgins, Idalou, Jayton, Justiceburg, Kerrick, Kress, Lakeview, Lamesa, Lazbuddie, Lefors, Lelia Lake, Levelland, Lipscomb, Littlefield, Lockney, Loop, Lorenzo, Lubbock, Maple, Masterson, Matador, McAdoo, McLean, Meadow, Memphis, Miami, Mobeetie, Morse, Morton, Muleshoe, Nazareth, New Deal, New Home, O'Donnell, Olton, Paducah, Pampa, Panhandle, Pep, Perryton, Petersburg, Plains, Plainview, Posey, Post, Quail, Quitaque, Ralls, Ransom Canyon, Roaring Springs, Ropesville, Samnorwood, Sanford, Seagraves, Shallowater, Shamrock, Silverton, Skellytown, Slaton, Smyer, South Plains, Spade, Spearman, Springlake, Spur, Stinnett, Stratford, Sudan, Summerfield, Sundown, Sunray, Tahoka, Texline, Tokio, Tulia, Turkey, Umbarger, Vega, Waka, Wayside, Welch, Wellington, Wellman, Wheeler, White Deer, Whiteface, Whitharral, Wildorado, Wilson, and Wolfforth
==See also== *List of Texas area codes *List of North American Numbering Plan area codes
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==External links== {{Area_code_footer|Map=TX}}
{{clear}} {{Area code box|State=TX |This=806 |N= 580 |S= 325, 432 |E= 580, 940 |W= 575 |S1=NM | S2=OK }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Area Code 806}} 806 806 Category:Amarillo, Texas Category:Lubbock, Texas