Area code 940 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the U.S. state of Texas in the Wichita Falls and Denton areas. It was created on July 7, 1997, in a split from area code 817.
Service area
Counties:
- Archer, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Cooke, Cottle, Denton, Foard, Grayson, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Knox, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stonewall, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, and Young
Towns and cities:
- Alvord, Archer City, Argyle, Aubrey, Bellevue, Benjamin, Bluegrove, Bowie, Boyd, Bridgeport, Bryson, Burkburnett, Byers, Cee Vee, Chico, Childress, Chillicothe, Corinth, Crowell, Decatur, Dennis, Denton, Electra, Era, Forestburg, Gainesville, Gordon, Goree, Graford, Graham, Greenwood, Harrold, Haskell, Henrietta, Holliday, Iowa Park, Jacksboro, Jermyn, Justin, Kamay, Knox City, Krum, Lantana, Lake Dallas, Lindsay, Loving, Megargel, Millsap, Mineral Wells, Mingus, Montague, Muenster, Munday, Myra, Newark, Newcastle, Nocona, O'Brien, Oklaunion, Old Glory, Olney, Palo Pinto, Paradise, Perrin, Petrolia, Pilot Point, Ponder, Poolville, Quanah, Ringgold, Rochester, Rosston, Rule, Saint Jo, Sanger, Santo, Scotland, Seymour, Sheppard Air Force Base, Slidell, South Bend, Sunset, Tell, Throckmorton, Tioga, Valley View, Vernon, Weinert, Whitt, Wichita Falls, Windthorst and Woodson
See also
External links
| North: 580 | ||
| West: 806 | area code 940 | East: 214/469/972, 430/903 |
| South: 254, 325, area codes 682 and 817 | ||
| Oklahoma area codes: 405, 539/918, 580 | ||