Area code 207 covers the entire state of Maine, it is the only area code the state has, and it has never been split or overlaid. It is one of the original area codes created in 1947. No new area code is planned: the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) says 207 won’t run out of numbers until 2050. But that date has moved many times, and the sources don’t agree on it. Here is what each one says.
Area code 207 at a glance
- Where it covers: the whole state, every county, according to AT&T and AllAreaCodes.
- Time zone: Eastern, per AllAreaCodes.
- Created: 1947, as one of the original North American area codes, per AT&T and Wikipedia.
- Splits and overlays: none, per Wikipedia. It keeps its original boundaries.
- One exception: Wikipedia says Estcourt Station, a Maine village near the Canadian border, is served by Quebec’s area codes instead.
- Dialing from out of state: 1, then 207, then the seven-digit number, per AT&T.
Will Maine get a new area code?
Not according to any source we found. Neither Wikipedia nor the PUC’s area code page mentions a planned overlay or new code. The Bangor Daily News reported on October 31, 2025 that the PUC says 207 won’t be exhausted until 2050. The PUC’s page says only about 38 percent of the code’s numbering resources are in use.
How the exhaustion date kept moving
The PUC’s own list of announcements shows the date shifting, newest last:
- 2015: a Bangor Daily News article, cited by Wikipedia, warned that Maine was on track to run out by 2019.
- June 2022: the PUC postponed relief efforts, with 207 predicted to be exhausted by the end of 2025.
- October 2022: extended 15 months, to the first quarter of 2027.
- April 2023: extended another 27 months, to the second quarter of 2029.
- October 2023: extended another three and a half years.
- April 2024: extended another year. The PUC’s page text now says 207 “could still run out of numbers by the 4th Quarter of 2033.”
- April 2025: Maine Public reported a forecast into 2045, about nine years later than an earlier estimate.
- October 2025: the PUC says 2050.
Maine Public says the forecast grew after the PUC approved a plan to consolidate more than 100 local telephone designations into a statewide pool of 207 numbers. The Bangor Daily News credits number conservation, work with carriers, and hundreds of thousands of unused numbers returned to the pool, and says the code could last longer if 135 calling areas are merged into one rate center. The two reports use different counts and do not say they describe the same plan.
A 2023 law, LD 396, also required every provider holding 207 numbers to pay into two state funds. According to the PUC’s announcement, providers held over 3.5 million 207 numbers but only about 1.5 million were contributing, and the PUC expected the law to discourage providers from buying numbers to use for robocalls.
Spoofed 207 calls
AT&T’s page for the 207 code says the code is legit but spoofing is common. TransNexus, in a 2023 blog post, says some robocalls use spoofed numbers while others use real numbers obtained from providers. It also describes “snowshoeing,” where robocallers cycle through large inventories of numbers to avoid detection. So a 207 caller ID does not guarantee the caller is in Maine.
Why the sources disagree
- Different forecast dates. Wikipedia says the first quarter of 2045 as of April 2025, the PUC page text says the fourth quarter of 2033, and a PUC-linked analysis from October 2025 lists 2050. They appear to come from different forecasts, and the PUC page does not reconcile them.
- Old warnings still online. The 2015 warning of 2019 and the 2022 warning of 2025 are both outdated, but pages that repeat them are still easy to find.
- Counts of what was merged. Maine Public says more than 100 designations and the Bangor Daily News says 135 calling areas, and neither says the figures match.
- Where 207 covers. The PUC, AT&T and Wikipedia all say the whole state, yet at least one VoIP provider’s page describes it as western central Maine.
Area code 207: FAQ
What state is area code 207?
Maine. It is the state’s only area code and covers every county.
Will Maine get a new area code?
No new code is planned. The PUC says 207 won’t be exhausted until 2050, though earlier forecasts were much sooner and have changed several times.
What time zone is area code 207?
Eastern, according to AllAreaCodes.
Is a call from 207 always from Maine?
No. AT&T says spoofing is common, and TransNexus says some robocalls use spoofed numbers.
Our details come from the Maine PUC, Wikipedia, AT&T, AllAreaCodes, Maine Public, the Bangor Daily News, the PUC’s robocall law announcement and TransNexus. We have not independently verified these forecasts, and they change often.