Wisconsin
(274) Area Code 274 — Green Bay, Wisconsin
274 Area Code – Green Bay, Wisconsin: Location, Time Zone & History
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History & Cultural Notes
Green Bay's long association with paper manufacturing has earned it the nickname "Toilet Paper Capital of the World," a reflection of the dense cluster of paper and pulp mills that have long anchored the local economy. That industrial base sits within the numbering plan area served by area code 920, an overlay first approved by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin back in 2008 but repeatedly deferred for fifteen years, through the Great Recession, growth in number porting, and a decline in landline demand, before finally being put into service as 274 on May 5, 2023.
Today the 920/274 area covers roughly 558,000 people across northeastern Wisconsin, entirely within the Central time zone, with Appleton, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, and Manitowoc served alongside Green Bay. The regional economy spans several key sectors:
- paper and pulp manufacturing
- food and beverage processing
- advanced manufacturing
- transportation and logistics
- healthcare
Locally, the original 920 code is often remembered through a bit of sports trivia: the jersey number of late Green Bay Packers defensive end Reggie White, 92, with a trailing zero added.