The most populous cities in area code 662 are: Tupelo, Columbus, Greenwood, Greenville, and Starkville.
Other cities in the 662 area code include: Oxford, Corinth, Olive Branch, Southaven, New Albany, Grenada, Cleveland, Batesville, Clarksdale, Pontotoc, Tunica, Holly Springs, Yazoo City, West Point, Amory, Booneville, Senatobia, Kosciusko, Ripley, Indianola, Houston, Aberdeen, Iuka, Louisville, Winona, Hernando, Eupora, Marks, Macon, Charleston, Rolling Fork, Webb, Belzoni, Baldwyn, Water Valley, Shannon, Lexington, Bruce, Coffeeville, Ashland, Coldwater, Rosedale, Walnut, Sardis, Calhoun City, Carrollton, Shaw, Coahoma, Shelby, Drew, Como, Moorhead, Maben, Ruleville, Golden, Durant, Okolona, Belmont, Leland, Kilmichael, Steens, Hollandale, Vaiden, Benoit, Shuqualak, Tchula, Blue Mountain, Itta Bena, Byhalia, Ackerman, Duck Hill, Lyon, Waterford, Goodman, Inverness, Pickens, Crenshaw, Oakland, Gunnison, Crawford, Mc Cool, Burnsville, Michigan City, Red Banks, Nettleton, West, Mound Bayou, Noxapater, Fulton, Guntown, Caledonia, Mantachie, Sunflower, Isola, Scooba, Plantersville, Houlka, Tutwiler, Smithville, Potts Camp, Ethel, Tremont, Tishomingo, Merigold, Rienzi, Louise, Banner, Glen Allan, Holly Bluff, Lamar, Saltillo, Walls, Bentonia, Beulah, Benton, Myrtle, Hamilton, Porterville, Duncan, Enid, Minter City, and Vardaman.
Tupelo / ˈ t uː p əl oʊ / is the county seat and the largest city of Lee County, Mississippi. The seventh-largest city in the state, it is situated in Northeast Mississippi, between Memphis, Tennessee, and Birmingham, Alabama. It is accessed by Interstate 22. As of the 2010 census, the population was 34,546, with the surrounding counties of Lee, Pontotoc and Itawamba supporting a population of 139,671Tupelo was the first city to gain an electrical power grid under President Franklin D. Roosevelt's program of the Tennessee Valley Authority construction of facilities during the Great Depression. The city is also the birthplace of singer Elvis Presley.
Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States, located primarily east, but also north and northeast of the Tombigbee River, which is also referred to as the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway . It is approximately 146 miles (235 km) northeast of Jackson, 92 miles (148 km) north of Meridian, 63 miles (101 km) south of Tupelo, 60 miles (97 km) northwest of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and 120 miles (193 km) west of Birmingham, Alabama. The population was 25,944 at the 2000 census and 23,640 in 2010. The population in 2012 was estimated to be 23,452. Columbus is the principal city of the Columbus Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the larger Columbus-West Point Combined Statistical Area. Columbus is also part of the area of Mississippi called The Golden Triangle, consisting of Columbus, West Point and Starkville, in the counties of Lowndes, Clay and Oktibbeha.
Greenwood is a city in and the county seat of Leflore County, Mississippi, located at the eastern edge of the Mississippi Delta, approximately 96 miles north of Jackson, Mississippi, and 130 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee. It was a center of cotton planter culture in the 19th century.The population was 16,087 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Greenwood Micropolitan Statistical Area. The Tallahatchie and the Yalobusha rivers meet at Greenwood to form the Yazoo River. Throughout the 1960s, Greenwood was the site of major protests and conflicts as African Americans worked to achieve racial integration and voting access during the civil rights movement.
The 662 area code lies within the Central Daylight Time Zone (or CDT). The current time in Central Daylight Time is 10:07 PM on May 17, 2022.
