Area Code 978
Area Code 978 | |
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Post Office City: | Barre, MA |
County: | Worcester County County |
Timezone: | America/New_York |
Coordinates: | -72.1, 42.42 |
Area Code: | 978 |
What is the Area Code?
In the United States, the "Area Code" is a numerical prefix used in phone numbers to identify a specific geographic region within the country. These area codes are part of the telephone numbering system and are essential for the proper routing of calls.
The area code typically consists of three digits and precedes the local phone number. For example, in the phone number (212) 555-1234, "212" is the area code that corresponds to a part of New York City.
Functions of the Area Code:
Geographic Identification: Allows the determination of the region or city from which a call originates. Call Routing: Helps telephone service providers direct calls efficiently through their network. Number Distribution: Facilitates the assignment and organization of phone numbers to avoid conflicts and duplications. Billing: Sometimes, call costs can vary depending on the area code, especially for long-distance calls. In summary, area codes are fundamental to the functioning of the telephone system in the United States, ensuring that calls are connected correctly and managed in an orderly manner.
Cities and counties within 978 Area Code
Here are the cities and towns for Area Code 978 that the US Post Office accepts. The city listed as the main city is usually where the main post office is located. When sending a letter or package, always include your preferred city to ensure your delivery is as successful as possible
Primary City | Aceptable Cities | State | County | ZIP | Area codes | Timezone |
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Barre | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01005 | 978 | America/New_York |
South Barre | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01074 | 978 | America/New_York |
Athol | Phillipston | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01331 | 978 | America/New_York |
Erving | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Franklin County | 01344 | 413, 978 | America/New_York |
New Salem | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Franklin County | 01355 | 978 | America/New_York |
Orange | Warwick | Massachusetts(MA) | Franklin County | 01364 | 978 | America/New_York |
Petersham | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01366 | 978 | America/New_York |
Royalston | S Royalston | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01368 | 978 | America/New_York |
Warwick | Orange | Massachusetts(MA) | Franklin County | 01378 | 978 | America/New_York |
Wendell | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Franklin County | 01379 | 978 | America/New_York |
Fitchburg | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01420 | 978, 617 | America/New_York |
Ashburnham | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01430 | 978 | America/New_York |
Ashby | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01431 | 978 | America/New_York |
Ayer | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01432 | 978 | America/New_York |
Baldwinville | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01436 | 978 | America/New_York |
East Templeton | E Templeton | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01438 | 978 | America/New_York |
Gardner | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01440 | 978 | America/New_York |
Westminster | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01441 | 978 | America/New_York |
Groton | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01450 | 978 | America/New_York |
Harvard | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01451 | 978, 617 | America/New_York |
Hubbardston | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01452 | 978 | America/New_York |
Leominster | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01453 | 978, 508 | America/New_York |
Littleton | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01460 | 978, 508, 781 | America/New_York |
Lunenburg | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01462 | 978 | America/New_York |
Pepperell | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01463 | 978 | America/New_York |
Shirley | Shirley Center, Shirley Ctr | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01464 | 978 | America/New_York |
Still River | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01467 | 978 | America/New_York |
Templeton | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01468 | 978 | America/New_York |
Townsend | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01469 | 978 | America/New_York |
West Groton | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01472 | 978 | America/New_York |
Westminster | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01473 | 978 | America/New_York |
West Townsend | Townsend, W Townsend | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01474 | 978 | America/New_York |
Winchendon | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01475 | 978 | America/New_York |
Berlin | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01503 | 978 | America/New_York |
Clinton | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01510 | 978, 617 | America/New_York |
Lancaster | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01523 | 978 | America/New_York |
Princeton | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01541 | 978 | America/New_York |
South Lancaster | S Lancaster | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01561 | 978 | America/New_York |
Sterling | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01564 | 978 | America/New_York |
West Boylston | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01583 | 508, 978 | America/New_York |
Worcester | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01608 | 508, 774, 978 | America/New_York |
Worcester | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01609 | 508, 774, 978 | America/New_York |
Framingham | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01701 | 508, 617, 774, 781, 978 | America/New_York |
Village Of Nagog Woods | Acton, Vlg Nagog Wds | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01718 | 978 | America/New_York |
Boxborough | Acton, Boxboro | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01719 | 978 | America/New_York |
Acton | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01720 | 978, 508, 617, 781 | America/New_York |
Bolton | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01740 | 978 | America/New_York |
Carlisle | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01741 | 978 | America/New_York |
Concord | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01742 | 508, 978 | America/New_York |
Hudson | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01749 | 508, 978 | America/New_York |
Marlborough | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01752 | 508, 978, 774 | America/New_York |
Maynard | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01754 | 978 | America/New_York |
Southborough | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Worcester County | 01772 | 508, 978 | America/New_York |
Lincoln | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01773 | 978, 781 | America/New_York |
Stow | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01775 | 978 | America/New_York |
Sudbury | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01776 | 508, 978 | America/New_York |
Wayland | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01778 | 508, 978 | America/New_York |
Woburn | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01801 | 508, 781, 978, 339, 617 | America/New_York |
Burlington | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01803 | 617, 781, 508, 978, 339 | America/New_York |
Andover | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01810 | 978, 617, 781 | America/New_York |
Billerica | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01821 | 617, 978 | America/New_York |
Chelmsford | Kates Corner, S Chelmsford | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01824 | 978 | America/New_York |
Dracut | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01826 | 978, 617 | America/New_York |
Dunstable | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01827 | 978, 617 | America/New_York |
Haverhill | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01830 | 978 | America/New_York |
Haverhill | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01831 | 978 | America/New_York |
Haverhill | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01832 | 978, 508 | America/New_York |
Georgetown | Haverhill | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01833 | 978 | America/New_York |
Groveland | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01834 | 978 | America/New_York |
Haverhill | Bradford, Ward Hill | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01835 | 978 | America/New_York |
Lawrence | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01840 | 978 | America/New_York |
Lawrence | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01841 | 978, 508 | America/New_York |
Lawrence | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01843 | 978, 508 | America/New_York |
Methuen | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01844 | 781, 978 | America/New_York |
North Andover | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01845 | 978 | America/New_York |
Lowell | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01850 | 978 | America/New_York |
Lowell | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01851 | 508, 978, 617 | America/New_York |
Lowell | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01852 | 508, 978 | America/New_York |
Lowell | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01854 | 978 | America/New_York |
Merrimac | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01860 | 978 | America/New_York |
North Billerica | N Billerica | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01862 | 978, 617, 508 | America/New_York |
North Chelmsford | N Chelmsford | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01863 | 978, 617 | America/New_York |
North Reading | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01864 | 978 | America/New_York |
Tewksbury | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01876 | 978, 617 | America/New_York |
Tyngsboro | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01879 | 978 | America/New_York |
Westford | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01886 | 978, 508 | America/New_York |
Wilmington | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01887 | 508, 978, 781, 617 | America/New_York |
Winchester | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 01890 | 781, 978, 617 | America/New_York |
Lynn | East Lynn | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01904 | 781, 978 | America/New_York |
Saugus | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01906 | 617, 781, 978, 339 | America/New_York |
Swampscott | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01907 | 781, 978 | America/New_York |
Amesbury | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01913 | 978 | America/New_York |
Beverly | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01915 | 978, 781, 508 | America/New_York |
Boxford | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01921 | 508, 978 | America/New_York |
Byfield | Newbury | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01922 | 617, 978 | America/New_York |
Danvers | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01923 | 978, 617, 351 | America/New_York |
Essex | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01929 | 978 | America/New_York |
Gloucester | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01930 | 978 | America/New_York |
Hamilton | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01936 | 978 | America/New_York |
Hathorne | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01937 | 978 | America/New_York |
Ipswich | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01938 | 978 | America/New_York |
Manchester | Manchester By The Sea | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01944 | 978, 508 | America/New_York |
Middleton | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01949 | 978 | America/New_York |
Newburyport | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01950 | 978 | America/New_York |
Newbury | Newburyport | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01951 | 978 | America/New_York |
Salisbury | Salisbury Bch, Salisbury Beach | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01952 | 978 | America/New_York |
Peabody | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01960 | 978, 508, 617 | America/New_York |
Rockport | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01966 | 978, 508 | America/New_York |
Rowley | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01969 | 978 | America/New_York |
Salem | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01970 | 978, 781, 617 | America/New_York |
South Hamilton | S Hamilton | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01982 | 508, 617, 978 | America/New_York |
Topsfield | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01983 | 978 | America/New_York |
Wenham | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01984 | 978 | America/New_York |
West Newbury | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Essex County | 01985 | 978 | America/New_York |
Mansfield | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Bristol County | 02048 | 508, 978, 781, 774 | America/New_York |
Boston | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Suffolk County | 02111 | 617, 781, 978 | America/New_York |
Boston | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Suffolk County | 02116 | 617, 508, 781, 978 | America/New_York |
Roxbury | Boston | Massachusetts(MA) | Suffolk County | 02119 | 508, 617, 978 | America/New_York |
Boston | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Suffolk County | 02133 | 617, 508, 781, 857, 978 | America/New_York |
Cambridge | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 02138 | 617, 978, 857 | America/New_York |
Cambridge | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 02139 | 617, 781, 978, 857, 339 | America/New_York |
Cambridge | N Cambridge, North Cambridge | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 02140 | 617, 781, 978 | America/New_York |
Cambridge | E Cambridge, East Cambridge | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 02141 | 508, 617, 978, 781, 339 | America/New_York |
Cambridge | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 02142 | 617, 781, 508, 857, 978 | America/New_York |
Revere | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Suffolk County | 02151 | 781, 978, 339, 617 | America/New_York |
Winthrop | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Suffolk County | 02152 | 617, 978, 857 | America/New_York |
Medford | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 02155 | 617, 781, 978, 339 | America/New_York |
Boston | Cambridge | Massachusetts(MA) | Suffolk County | 02163 | 617, 339, 781, 857, 978 | America/New_York |
Melrose | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 02176 | 978, 781, 339 | America/New_York |
Stoneham | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 02180 | 781, 617, 978 | America/New_York |
Boston | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Suffolk County | 02199 | 617, 339, 781, 857, 978 | America/New_York |
Boston | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Suffolk County | 02283 | 617, 781, 978 | America/New_York |
Boston | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Suffolk County | 02284 | 508, 617, 781, 857, 978 | America/New_York |
Waltham | North Waltham | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 02452 | 781, 617, 339, 774, 978 | America/New_York |
Waltham | South Waltham | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 02453 | 781, 617, 508, 774, 978 | America/New_York |
Watertown | E Watertown, East Watertown | Massachusetts(MA) | Middlesex County | 02472 | 617, 781, 978, 857 | America/New_York |
Falmouth | -- | Massachusetts(MA) | Barnstable County | 02540 | 978, 508 | America/New_York |
North Attleboro | N Attleboro | Massachusetts(MA) | Bristol County | 02760 | 508, 978, 774 | America/New_York |
Center Strafford | Ctr Strafford | New Hampshire(NH) | Strafford County | 03815 | 603, 978 | America/New_York |