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Area code 260

Area code 260 serves Indiana, including Fort Wayne, Huntington and Auburn (Eastern time). It has been in service since January 15, 2002.

Numbers starting with 260 drew 1,341 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 341 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 260 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
Indiana(fort Wayne, IN Msa)
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
January 15, 2002Created from 219
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 7 digits
Exchanges in use
444 of 792held by 48 carriers
Projected to run out
4Q 2072NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 260 numbers

Reports where the number on the consumer's caller ID (or, for the FCC, the number the caller asked them to call back) starts with 260. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

FTC reports, Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026

1,341

FCC complaints since November 2023

341

Different 260 numbers reported

1,591

FCC complaints naming a 260 number, by month

November 2023 to October 2026. Source: FCC Consumer Complaints Data.

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MonthComplaints
November 20238
December 202313
January 20244
February 20244
March 20243
April 20247
May 20243
June 20244
July 20247
August 202420
September 202417
October 202414
November 202416
December 20242
January 20258
February 202517
March 202516
April 202510
May 202511
June 202511
July 20254
August 202512
September 20259
October 20251
November 20253
December 20254
January 20265
February 20264
March 202611
April 202614
May 20265
June 20269
July 202610
August 202612
September 202617
October 202621

What people said 260 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 709 of 1,341 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other523
Dropped call or no message260
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)186
Medical and prescriptions148
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends106
Warranties and protection plans28

Most reported 260 numbers

Numbers with at least five reports from three or more places in the last twelve months. Many of them are likely spoofed.

Places served by 260

NANPA lists 76 rate centers for 260. A rate center is the town or district a block of numbers is tied to for billing; sorted here by how many exchanges each holds.
  • Fort Wayne149
  • Huntington14
  • Auburn11
  • Angola10
  • Kendallville10
  • Wabash10
  • Bluffton9
  • Columbia City9
  • Lagrange9
  • Arcola8
  • Huntertown8
  • New Haven8
  • Albion7
  • Decatur7
  • Portland7
  • Garrett6
  • North Manchester6
  • Ligonier5
  • Berne4
  • Butler4
  • Fremont4
  • Geneva4
  • Howe4
  • Leo4
Show all 76 rate centers

Monroe, Poe-Hoagland, Pokagon, Roanoke, Waterloo, Churubusco, Corunna, Cromwell, Hamilton, Laud, Markle, Monroeville, Ossian, Saint Joe, Salamonia, Shipshewana, Topeka, Uniondale, Urbana, Warren, Wawaka, Woodburn, Andrews, Ashley, Avilla, Bippus, Bryant, Craigville, Harlan, Kimmell, Lagro, Liberty Center, Linn Grove, Mongo, Orland, Pennville, Petroleum, Pleasant Lake, Pleasant Mills, Preble, Reservoir, Sidney, Silver Lake, South Whitley, Spencerville, Tri Lakes, Wolcottville, Zanesville, Etna, Larwill, South Milford, Tocsin.

Phone companies holding 260 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 79% of these exchanges are pooled: their numbers are handed out in blocks of 1,000 to other carriers, so the holder below is not always the company serving a given number.

Exchanges held, top 8 of 48 carriers

NANPA central office code assignments, file of November 11, 2026.

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
Frontier North, Inc.. - IN94
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - IL52
Brightspeed of Indiana, LLC36
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - IN36
Omnipoint Communications Midwest Operations, LLC32
Onvoy, LLC - IN31
Level 3 Communications, LLC - IN22
Indiana Bell Tel CO Inc16

When today's 260 exchanges were assigned

Exchanges still assigned, by year of assignment. Exchanges returned since are not counted.

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YearExchanges
200112
200244
20035
20044
20056
20067
20072
20085
20092
20106
20111
20125
20132
20144
20153
20162
20175
20184
20197
202015
202118
202220
20237
20248
20255
20265

Check a 260 number

A check shows the carrier and rate center of the number's exchange and every FTC and FCC report about that exact number. Why the number on screen can be fake.

Other area codes in Indiana

NANPA area code database and central office code file of November 11, 2026; FCC complaints November 1, 2023 to November 11, 2026; FTC reports August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. How the data is used.

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