Reach Southeast Ohio with a 740 virtual number — Ohio University's 35,000-student Athens campus and research enterprise, OhioHealth Licking Memorial's Newark healthcare procurement network, and the Muskingum Valley's Utica and Marcellus shale natural gas corridor. Activate instantly.
Area code 740 covers Southeast Ohio — Athens, Newark, Zanesville, Chillicothe, Lancaster, Portsmouth, and Marietta. Ohio University in Athens is the region's academic anchor, with 35,000 students and a research enterprise that drives professional services and technology demand across the Hocking Hills corridor. OhioHealth Licking Memorial in Newark and Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe are the area's major healthcare employers. A 740 number signals genuine Southeast Ohio presence to OU's vendor community, the Muskingum Valley's natural gas industry, and the region's growing logistics sector along the I-70 and US-33 corridors.
From Columbus to Dayton 740 covers the Midwest region of Ohio.
Ohio University in Athens has 35,000 students and a growing research enterprise. Vendors, staffing firms, and technology providers benefit from a 740 number when engaging OU's Athens procurement and research community.
OhioHealth Licking Memorial in Newark is the region's largest healthcare employer, with significant procurement needs across clinical staffing, equipment, and professional services. A 740 number builds trust with this Newark clinical community.
Southeast Ohio sits above the Utica and Marcellus shale formations, creating substantial demand for energy services, pipeline construction, and environmental compliance. A 740 number reaches this natural gas corridor from Muskingum to Lawrence counties.
740 was introduced in 1999 as a split from 614, serving Southeast Ohio's distinct geography of river towns, Appalachian communities, and university cities that the Columbus metro code no longer covered.
Every 740 number includes fourteen professional tools for Southeast Ohio's university-and-energy economy — compliance call recording for Ohio University's Athens vendor requirements, IVR for OhioHealth Licking Memorial's clinical supplier community, and analytics for the Muskingum Valley's natural gas corridor and Southeast Ohio's university, healthcare, and Appalachian energy market.
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Browse 740 numbers by Athens, Newark, Zanesville, Chillicothe, or Lancaster prefix — or port your existing Southeast Ohio number for free.
Select a plan for your Southeast Ohio team — Ohio University vendor, OhioHealth Licking Memorial partner, or Muskingum Valley energy supplier, every feature included.
Configure your 740 line with Eastern Time routing for Ohio University's academic calendar and OhioHealth Licking Memorial's clinical operations schedule.
Take 740 calls anywhere — Ohio University's Athens research community, OhioHealth's Licking County network, and Southeast Ohio's natural gas, healthcare, and university corridor all see a trusted local number.
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Yes. TKOS business-hours routing lets you define open and closed schedules in Eastern Time (ET) (UTC-5). After-hours calls automatically roll to voicemail, another number, or a custom message — no manual switching.
Yes. TKOS supports simultaneous ring, call queuing, and user extensions on every 740 number — so your whole team can share one number while each member handles calls from their own device.
The 740 area code was introduced in 1995 and serves the Midwest region of Ohio.
Every 740 number includes call forwarding, voicemail-to-email, two-way SMS/MMS, IVR auto-attendant, call queuing, business-hours routing, recording, analytics, and more — all included on every plan with no add-ons.
Yes. Outbound calls from TKOS always display your 740 number on the recipient's caller ID — giving customers a familiar local Ohio number to call back.
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