OHIO · AREA CODE GUIDE
440 area code location: Cleveland, Lorain, and Elyria, Ohio
- Local date and time
- Eastern Time
Map data: HSIP (2010) · NANPA · Statistics Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada) · US Census Bureau, checked 26 September 2026. Boundaries are approximate.
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440 area code at a glance
- State
- Ohio
- Primary cities
- Cleveland, Lorain, and Elyria
- Established
- Population
- Largest community: Cleveland, 363,608 (2025)Not an area-code population.
- Prefixes in service
- 757 as of 13 October 2026
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History
Country and calling code: United States (+1).
Parent code: 216.
New code planned: No, as of 22 September 2026.
- : 436 added as an overlay on 440
Time zone
- Eastern Time
- Standard time UTC−05:00
- Daylight saving time UTC−04:00
Counties and cities covered
440 numbers are issued across 62 communities. These are telephone exchange areas, which follow the phone network rather than city limits, so a place can sit just outside the boundary of the town it is named for.
Counties of the communities we could place (the code may reach further): Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Lake County, Geauga County, Erie County, Huron County, and Trumbull County.
- Cleveland
- Lorain
- Elyria
- Mentor
- Strongsville
- North Royalton
- Avon Lake
- Avon
- Willoughby
- Painesville
- Berea
- Ashtabula
- Brecksville
- Amherst
- Bedford
- Wickliffe
- Conneaut
- Vermilion
- Olmsted Falls
- Oberlin
- Kirtland
- Geneva
- Grafton
- Russell
- Newbury
37 more communities
- Chardon
- Wellington
- Chagrin Falls
- Huntsburg
- Madison
- Mesopotamia
- Leroy
- Middlefield
- Gates Mills
- Perry
- Orwell
- Burton
- Trumbull
- Colebrook
- Pierpont
- New Lyme
- Wakeman
- Andover
- Dorset
- Rock Creek
- Austinburg
- Bainbridge
- Birmingham
- Chesterland
- Columbia Station
- East Claridon
- Hillcrest
- Jefferson (ashtabula)
- Kingsville
- Montville
- North Bloomfield
- North Eaton
- Parkman
- Thompson
- Trinity
- Victory
- Windsor
Notable places in 440
| Place | Where | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Oberlin College | 1.3 km from Oberlin | University, 4,160 12-month enrollment (2023–24) |
| Allen Memorial Art Museum | 1.6 km from Oberlin | Museum |
| Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal Airport | 4.5 km from Mentor | Airport |
| Cuyahoga County Airport | 4.8 km from Wickliffe | Airport |
| Baldwin Wallace University | 1.2 km from Berea | University, 3,646 12-month enrollment (2023–24) |
| Northeast Ohio Regional Airport | 10.7 km from Pierpont | Airport |
| Geauga Lake | 9.3 km from Chagrin Falls | Amusement park |
| Gardenview Horticultural Park | 0.0 km from Strongsville | Botanical garden |
| James A. Garfield National Historic Site | 3.2 km from Mentor | National Historic Site |
| SeaWorld Ohio | 9.3 km from Chagrin Falls | Amusement park |
Questions about 440
Where is the 440 area code?
440 is in Ohio. Its numbers are issued in Cleveland, Lorain, Elyria, and 59 other communities.
What time zone is area code 440 in?
440 is in Eastern Time. Daylight saving time is observed.
Does 440 have an overlay?
Yes. 436 was added as an overlay on 440 on 1 March 2024.
What cities are in the 440 area code?
Cleveland, Lorain, Elyria, Mentor, and Strongsville, and 57 other communities.
What state is area code 440 in?
Area code 440 is in Ohio.
What counties are covered by area code 440?
Area code 440 covers communities in Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Lake County, Geauga County, Erie County, Huron County, and Trumbull County.
Is 440 a toll-free area code?
No. 440 is a geographic area code. The toll-free codes are 800, 833, 844, 855, 866, 877, and 888.
Sources: NANPA area code listing, NANPA places by area code, NANPA central office code assignments, U.S. Census Bureau population estimates, OMB metropolitan area delineations. Checked .
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