The 985 area code covers Houma, Hammond, Slidell and more in Louisiana. Provision a local 985 number in minutes.
Area code 985 covers southeastern Louisiana outside New Orleans, including the Bayou Country communities of Houma and the North Shore communities around Lake Pontchartrain. The area is the heart of Louisiana's commercial fishing, shrimping, and offshore oil service industries. Many communities in this area suffered catastrophic damage from Hurricanes Katrina in 2005 and Ida in 2021.
Across Louisiana, the 985 area code serves roughly 600,000 residents in 4 communities — including Houma, Hammond, Slidell, among others. Numbers in the 985 zone keep Centraltime, so a local line rings during your customers' business hours and shows a familiar LA caller ID on every outbound call.
985 was first introduced in 2001 under the North American Numbering Plan. It remains an active geographic code today.
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The 985 area code reaches 4 communities across Louisiana, from Houma to New Iberia. A customer in any of them sees a familiar local number when you call, which is the single biggest driver of answer rates — and with Ajoxi you can claim a number in any of these cities, or several at once, and route every call to the same team.
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The 985 area code covers Houma, Hammond, Slidell, New Iberia in Louisiana.
Phone numbers in the 985 area code operate on America/Chicago time.
Yes. The 985 area code was introduced in 2001 and remains an active geographic code today.
Yes. Ajoxi provisions virtual 985 numbers with instant activation, clean caller-ID delivery, Tier-1 routing, and no setup fees — so you can build a local presence in minutes.
Choose a 985 number in the Ajoxi dashboard and it activates immediately — no hardware, no contracts, and no setup fees. Prefer to keep a number you already use? Port any existing 985 number in for free, usually within a few business days and with no downtime during the switch.
Yes. Every 985 number supports SMS and MMS alongside HD calling, so your team can text customers, run campaigns, and reply to conversations from the same line — all in the browser on any device, with no separate app to install.
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