The 978 area code covers Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill and more in Massachusetts. Provision a local 978 number in minutes.
Area code 978 covers northeastern Massachusetts along the New Hampshire border including Lowell and Lawrence — historic textile mill cities — and the North Shore coastal communities from Salem to Gloucester. Salem is famous for the 1692 witch trials and has turned that history into a major tourism industry. Lowell has reinvented itself as a tech and cultural center after years of industrial decline.
Across Massachusetts, the 978 area code serves roughly 1 million residents in 4 communities — including Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill, among others. Numbers in the 978 zone keep Easterntime, so a local line rings during your customers' business hours and shows a familiar MA caller ID on every outbound call.
978 was first introduced in 1995 under the North American Numbering Plan. It remains an active geographic code today.
Want a 978 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 978 area code reaches 4 communities across Massachusetts, from Lowell to Gloucester. 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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Every 978 line includes HD calling, video meetings, team chat, SMS/MMS, auto-attendant, call recording, and an AI assistant.
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The 978 area code covers Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill, Gloucester in Massachusetts.
Phone numbers in the 978 area code operate on America/New_York time.
Yes. The 978 area code was introduced in 1995 and remains an active geographic code today.
Yes. Ajoxi provisions virtual 978 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 978 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 978 number in for free, usually within a few business days and with no downtime during the switch.
Yes. Every 978 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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