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{{short description|Area code in Texas, United States}}
{{Texas area codes image map|979}}
'''Area code 979''' is a telephone [[area code]] in the [[North American Numbering Plan]] (NANP) for the [[U.S. state]] of [[Texas]]. The numbering plan area comprises the region generally following the [[Brazos River]] found between the [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] and [[Houston]] metro areas and its surrounding communities, stretching from just south of [[Waco, Texas|Waco]] to the Gulf Coast.  It was created on February 13, 2000, in a split from [[area code 409]].

==Service area==
The counties served by area code 979 are:
:[[Austin County, Texas|Austin]], [[Brazoria County, Texas|Brazoria]], [[Brazos County, Texas|Brazos]], [[Burleson County, Texas|Burleson]], [[Colorado County, Texas|Colorado]], [[Fayette County, Texas|Fayette]], [[Fort Bend County, Texas|Fort Bend]], [[Lee County, Texas|Lee]], [[Matagorda County, Texas|Matagorda]], [[Milam County, Texas|Milam]], [[Robertson County, Texas|Robertson]], [[Waller County, Texas|Waller]], [[Washington County, Texas|Washington]] and [[Wharton County, Texas|Wharton]].

The area includes the following cities and towns: 
:[[Alleyton, Texas|Alleyton]], [[Altair, Texas|Altair]], [[Angleton, Texas|Angleton]], [[Bay City, Texas|Bay City]], [[Beasley, Texas|Beasley]], [[Bellville, Texas|Bellville]], [[Bleiblerville, Texas|Bleiblerville]], [[Boling, Texas|Boling]], [[Brazoria, Texas|Brazoria]], [[Brenham, Texas|Brenham]], [[Bryan, Texas|Bryan]], [[Burton, Washington County, Texas|Burton]], [[Caldwell, Texas|Caldwell]], [[Calvert, Texas|Calvert]], [[Carmine, Texas|Carmine]], [[Cat Spring, Texas|Cat Spring]], [[Cedar Lane, Texas|Cedar Lane]], [[Chappell Hill, Texas|Chappell Hill]], [[Chriesman, Texas|Chriesman]], [[Clute, Texas|Clute]], [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], [[Columbus, Texas|Columbus]], [[Damon, Texas|Damon]], [[Danbury, Texas|Danbury]], [[Danciger, Texas|Danciger]], [[Danevang, Texas|Danevang]], [[Deanville, Texas|Deanville]], [[Dime Box, Texas|Dime Box]], [[Eagle Lake, Texas|Eagle Lake]], [[East Bernard, Texas|East Bernard]], [[Egypt, Wharton County, Texas|Egypt]], [[El Campo, Texas|El Campo]], [[Ellinger, Texas|Ellinger]], [[Fayetteville, Texas|Fayetteville]], [[Franklin, Texas|Franklin]], [[Freeport, Texas|Freeport]], [[Garwood, Texas|Garwood]], [[Gause, Texas|Gause]], [[Giddings, Texas|Giddings]], [[Glen Flora, Texas|Glen Flora]], [[Glidden, Texas|Glidden]], [[Guy, Texas|Guy]], [[Hearne, Texas|Hearne]], [[Hempstead, Texas|Hempstead]], [[Hungerford, Texas|Hungerford]], [[Industry, Texas|Industry]], [[Kendleton, Texas|Kendleton]], [[Kenney, Texas|Kenney]], [[Kurten, Texas|Kurten]], [[La Grange, Texas|La Grange]], [[Lake Jackson, Texas|Lake Jackson]], [[Lane City, Texas|Lane City]], [[Ledbetter, Texas|Ledbetter]], [[Lexington, Texas|Lexington]], [[Lincoln, Texas|Lincoln]], [[Lissie, Texas|Lissie]], [[Louise, Texas|Louise]], [[Lyons, Texas|Lyons]], [[Markham, Texas|Markham]], [[Matagorda, Texas|Matagorda]], [[Millican, Texas|Millican]], [[Mumford, Texas|Mumford]], [[Nada, Texas|Nada]], [[Navasota, Texas|Navasota]], [[Needville, Texas|Needville]], [[New Baden, Texas|New Baden]], [[New Ulm, Texas|New Ulm]], [[Oakland, Colorado County, Texas|Oakland]], [[Old Ocean, Texas|Old Ocean]], [[Orchard, Texas|Orchard]], [[Pierce, Texas|Pierce]], [[Pledger, Texas|Pledger]], [[Plum, Texas|Plum]], [[Prairie Hill, Washington County, Texas|Prairie Hill]], [[Pine Island, Texas|Pine Island]], [[Rock Island, Colorado County, Texas|Rock Island]], [[Round Top, Texas|Round Top]], [[San Felipe, Texas|San Felipe]], [[Schulenburg, Texas|Schulenburg]], [[Sealy, Texas|Sealy]], [[Sheridan, Texas|Sheridan]], [[Somerville, Texas|Somerville]], [[Sweeny, Texas|Sweeny]], [[Van Vleck, Texas|Van Vleck]], [[Wadsworth, Texas|Wadsworth]], [[Wallis, Texas|Wallis]], [[Warda, Texas|Warda]], [[Warrenton, Texas|Warrenton]], [[Weimar, Texas|Weimar]], [[Wellborn, Texas|Wellborn]], [[West Columbia, Texas|West Columbia]], [[West Point, Fayette County, Texas|West Point]], [[Wharton, Texas|Wharton]], and [[Wheelock, Texas|Wheelock]].

==See also==
{{Portal|Texas}}
*[[List of Texas area codes]]

==External links==
{{Area_code_footer|Map=TX}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081207012022/http://www.areacodedownload.com/979/index.html List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 979 Area Code]

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{{Area code box|State=TX|
  This= area code 979 | 
  N=  [[area code 254|254]], [[area codes 430 and 903|430/903]] |
  S= [[Gulf of Mexico]] |
  E=  [[area codes 281, 346, 713, and 832|281/346/621/713/832]], [[area code 409|409]], [[area code 936|936]] |
  W= [[area codes 512 and 737|512/737]], [[area code 361|361]]
}}

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[[Category:Area codes in the United States|979]]
[[Category:Area codes in Texas|979]]
[[Category:Brazos County, Texas]]