The 240 area code covers Rockville, Gaithersburg, Frederick and more in Maryland. Provision a local 240 number in minutes.
Area code 240 is an overlay that shares territory with the original 301 code across suburban Maryland west of the Chesapeake Bay. The region includes the Montgomery and Prince George's Counties — two of the most educated and affluent counties in the US due to their proximity to Washington DC. It was introduced in 1997.
Across Maryland, the 240 area code serves roughly 1.4 million residents in 4 communities — including Rockville, Gaithersburg, Frederick, among others. Numbers in the 240 zone keep Easterntime, so a local line rings during your customers' business hours and shows a familiar MD caller ID on every outbound call.
240 was first introduced in 1997 as an overlay of the 301 area code, adding fresh numbering capacity to the same region without forcing anyone to change an existing number. Because an overlay shares geography with another code, ten-digit dialing is standard throughout the area. It remains an active overlay code today.
Want a 240 number of your own? With Ajoxi you can claim one in minutes — no hardware, no contracts — and route calls, SMS, voicemail, and team messaging anywhere on a single UCaaS platform, with Tier-1 routing and clean caller-ID delivery on every line.
The 240 area code reaches 4 communities across Maryland, from Rockville to Hagerstown. 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 240 area code covers Rockville, Gaithersburg, Frederick, Hagerstown in Maryland.
Phone numbers in the 240 area code operate on America/New_York time.
Yes. The 240 area code was introduced in 1997 and remains an active overlay code today.
Yes. Ajoxi provisions virtual 240 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 240 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 240 number in for free, usually within a few business days and with no downtime during the switch.
Yes. Every 240 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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