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774 area code location: Worcester and Brockton, Massachusetts
- Local date and time
- Eastern Time
Map data: HSIP (2010) · NANPA · US Census Bureau, checked 26 September 2026. Boundaries are approximate.
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774 area code at a glance
- State
- Massachusetts
- Primary cities
- Worcester, Brockton, and New Bedford
- Established
- Population
- Largest community: Worcester, 213,862 (2025)Not an area-code population.
- Prefixes in service
- 519 as of 13 October 2026
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History
Country and calling code: United States (+1).
Parent code: 508.
New code planned: No, as of 22 September 2026.
Time zone
- Eastern Time
- Standard time UTC−05:00
- Daylight saving time UTC−04:00
Counties and cities covered
774 numbers are issued across 85 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): Worcester County, Bristol County, Plymouth County, Middlesex County, Norfolk County, Barnstable County, and Dukes County.
- Worcester
- Brockton
- New Bedford
- Fall River
- Framingham
- Taunton
- Attleboro
- Marlborough
- Shrewsbury
- Natick
- Easton
- Mansfield
- Wareham
- Grafton
- Holden
- Norton
- Auburn
- Westport
- Seekonk
- Holliston
- Uxbridge
- East Bridgewater
- Millbury
- Wayland
- Medway
60 more communities
- Charlton
- Harwich
- Rehoboth
- Wrentham
- Carver
- Leicester
- Millis
- Blackstone
- Dighton
- West Boylston
- Mattapoisett
- Rochester
- Marion
- Boylston
- Wellfleet
- Oakham
- Chilmark
- Assonet
- Barnstable
- Bellingham
- Brewster
- Bridgewater
- Buzzards Bay
- Cataumet
- Chatham
- Dennis
- Dover
- East Douglas
- Edgartown
- Falmouth
- Foxboro
- Franklin
- Hopkinton
- Hyannis
- Medfield
- Middleboro
- Milford
- Nantucket
- North Attleboro
- North Brookfield
- North Swansea
- Northborough
- Orleans
- Osterville
- Oxford
- Plymouth
- Provincetown
- Rutland
- Sagamore
- Siasconset
- Southbridge
- Southgate
- Spencer
- Sturbridge
- Upton
- Vineyard Haven
- Walpole
- Webster
- Westborough
- Whitinsville
Notable places in 774
| Place | Where | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Gillette Stadium | 3.8 km from Foxboro | Stadium |
| Clark University | 2.4 km from Worcester | University, 4,611 12-month enrollment (2023–24) |
| Foxboro Stadium | 4.1 km from Foxboro | Stadium |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 0.4 km from Worcester | University, 8,009 12-month enrollment (2023–24) |
| USS Massachusetts | 6.0 km from Fall River | Museum |
| College of the Holy Cross | 3.4 km from Worcester | University, 3,310 12-month enrollment (2023–24) |
| Worcester Art Museum | 0.6 km from Worcester | Museum |
| Cape Cod National Seashore | 6.0 km from Orleans | National Seashore |
| Nantucket Memorial Airport | 3.7 km from Nantucket | Commercial airport, 154,173 enplanements (2024) |
| Martha's Vineyard Airport | 7.2 km from Vineyard Haven | Commercial airport, 83,419 enplanements (2024) |
Area code 508 has its own page.
Area code 774
774 started service on .It came from 508.
Its numbers are issued in the same communities as 508.
No new code is planned for the region as of .
Questions about 774
Where is the 774 area code?
774 is in Massachusetts. Its numbers are issued in Worcester, Brockton, New Bedford, and 82 other communities.
What time zone is area code 774 in?
774 is in Eastern Time. Daylight saving time is observed.
Is 774 an overlay?
Yes. 774 was added as an overlay on 508 on 2 May 2001.
What cities are in the 774 area code?
Worcester, Brockton, New Bedford, Fall River, and Framingham, and 80 other communities.
What state is area code 774 in?
Area code 774 is in Massachusetts.
What counties are covered by area code 774?
Area code 774 covers communities in Worcester County, Bristol County, Plymouth County, Middlesex County, Norfolk County, Barnstable County, and Dukes County.
Is 774 a toll-free area code?
No. 774 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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