The 228 area code covers Gulfport, Biloxi, Pascagoula and more in Mississippi. Provision a local 228 number in minutes.
Area code 228 serves the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, a region defined by its beaches, casinos, and seafood industry. Biloxi and Gulfport are the largest cities, with gaming resorts drawing millions of visitors annually. The code was created in 1997 when Mississippi's original 601 code was split.
Across Mississippi, the 228 area code serves roughly 400,000 residents in 4 communities — including Gulfport, Biloxi, Pascagoula, among others. Numbers in the 228 zone keep Centraltime, so a local line rings during your customers' business hours and shows a familiar MS caller ID on every outbound call.
228 was first introduced in 1997 under the North American Numbering Plan. It remains an active geographic code today.
Want a 228 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 228 area code reaches 4 communities across Mississippi, from Gulfport to Ocean Springs. 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 228 line includes HD calling, video meetings, team chat, SMS/MMS, auto-attendant, call recording, and an AI assistant.
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The 228 area code covers Gulfport, Biloxi, Pascagoula, Ocean Springs in Mississippi.
Phone numbers in the 228 area code operate on America/Chicago time.
Yes. The 228 area code was introduced in 1997 and remains an active geographic code today.
Yes. Ajoxi provisions virtual 228 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 228 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 228 number in for free, usually within a few business days and with no downtime during the switch.
Yes. Every 228 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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