Area code 256

256 is an area code in these Alabama areas:

Abel Addison Albertville Alexander City Alexandria Almond Alpine Anderson Anniston Arab Ardmore Arkadelphia Athens Attalla Baileyton Barfield Belle Mina Big Cove Blue Mountain Bluff Spring Boaz Bon Air Borden Springs Bremen Bridgeport Brownsboro Bryant Burntout Bynum Camp Hill Campbells Crossroads Capshaw Carr Mill Cedar Bluff Centre Cherokee Childersburg Choccolocco Christiana Chulafinnee Cloverdale Collinsville Coosa Pines Corinth Courtland Cragford Crane Hill Crossville Cullman Dadeville Danville Daviston Dawson De Armanville Decatur Delta Dickert Douglas Dutton East Gadsden Eastaboga Edwardsville Elkmont Equality Erin Estillfork Eva Fabius Fackler Falkville Fishhead Flat Rock Florence Forester Chapel Fort Mc Clellan Fort Payne Fruithurst Ft Mcclellan Ft Payne Fyffe Gadsden Gallant Garden City Gaylesville Geraldine Gibsonville Glencoe Goldville Goodwater Graham Grant Groveoak Guntersville Gurley Hammondville Hampton Cove Hanceville Harkins Crossroads Hartselle Harvest Hawk Haywood Hazel Green Heflin Henagar Higdon Highland Hightower Hillsboro Hokes Bluff Hollins

Hollis Crossroads Holly Pond Hollytree Hollywood Horton Huntsville Hytop Idaho Ider Ivalee Jacksons Gap Jacksonville Joppa Kellyton Killen Laceys Spring Langston Leesburg Leighton Lester Levelroad Lexington Lineville Logan Macedonia Madison Malone Master Charge Mellow Valley Mentone Meridianville Millerville Mooresville Motley Moulton Mount Hope Munford Muscadine Muscle Shoals Napoleon New Hope New Market New Site Newell Nixburg Normal North Florence Oak Grove Oakwood College Ofelia Ohatchee Owens Cross Roads Oxford Paint Rock Piedmont Pisgah Princeton Pyriton Rainbow City Rainsville Ranburne Rbc Red Bay Redstone Arsenal Reece City Ridgeville Rockford Rockledge Rogersville Russellville Ryland Sand Rock Sandrock Sardis City Scottsboro Section Sheffield Shinebone Sikesville Somerville Southside Spring Garden Spruce Pine Steele Stevenson Sycamore Sylacauga Sylvania Talladega Tanner Toney Town Creek Trenton Triana Trinity Tuscumbia Union Grove Valhermoso Springs Valley Head Vina Vinemont Wadley Waterloo Watts Mill Weaver Wedowee Wellington Weogufka Whitehead Woodland Woodville




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Region covered by area code 256

Area code 256 is a telephone numbering plan code in the state of Alabama created on March 23, 1998, as a split from area code 205^[1]. In order to allow people time to reprogram electronics such as computers, cell phones, pagers and fax machines, use of the 205 area code continued in the 256 areas through September 28, 1998.^[1]

It covers north and northeast Alabama and includes the following metropolitan areas:

• Huntsville Metropolitan Area
• Decatur Metropolitan Area
• The Shoals
• Gadsden Metropolitan Area
• Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Area

In March 2009, the Alabama Public Service Commission announced that the new overlay area code 938 would be added on top of the current 256 area code "sometime in 2011".^[2][3] As a result, 10-digit dialing will be implemented for all numbers in the area with voluntary compliance beginning on November 7, 2009, and mandatory use by June 5, 2010.^[4] The 938 area code is officially scheduled to take effect beginning July 10, 2010.^[4] This timing roughly coincides with the end of the originally projected 12-year "life span" of the original 256 area code.^[2]

Contents 1 Counties and cities included 1.1 Counties 1.2 Cities 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

Counties and cities included

Counties

• Calhoun County - (part, some of Calhoun County is in area code 205)
• Cherokee County
• Cleburne County
• Colbert County
• Coosa County
• Cullman County
• DeKalb County
• Elmore County - (part, most of Elmore County is in area code 334)
• Etowah County - (part, some of Etowah County is in area code 205)
• Franklin County - (part, some of Franklin County is in area code 205)
• Jackson County
• Lawrence County
• Lauderdale County
• Limestone County
• Madison County
• Marshall County
• Morgan County
• Randolph County - (part, some of Randolph County is in area code 334)
• Talladega County-(part, the Lincoln area is in area code 205)
• Tallapoosa County - (part, some of Tallapoosa County is in area code 334)
• Winston County - (part, most of Winston County is in area code 205)

Cities

Albertville Anniston Arab Athens

Boaz Decatur Florence Gadsden

Guntersville Huntsville Madison Scottsboro

See also

• List of Alabama area codes
• List of NANP area codes
• North American Numbering Plan
• List of area code overlays

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Underwood, Jerry (March 16, 1998). "Countdown starts to new area code:2...5...6". The Birmingham News: pp. 1A. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Lowry, Bob (March 4, 2009). "Flex your fingers for 10-digit dialing in 2010". The Huntsville Times. http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/local.ssf?/base/news/123616178931610.xml&coll=1. 
3. ^ "Order for Relief of the 256 Numbering Plan Area" (PDF). Alabama Public Service Commission. March 3, 2009. http://www.psc.state.al.us/telecom/newitems/256_Relief_Plan_Order.pdf. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Associated Press (October 6, 2009). "10-digit calls in Alabama's 256 area code to begin". msnbc.com. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33204661/ns/local_news-birmingham_al/. Retrieved October 6, 2009. 

External links

• NANPA Area Code Map of Alabama
• List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 256 Area Code

State of Alabama Area Codes: 205, 251, 256, 334, 938
	North: 931
West: 662, 205	256/938	East: 706/762, 770/678
	South: 205, 334
State of Tennessee Area Codes: 423, 615, 731, 865, 901, 931
State of Mississippi Area Codes: 228, 601/769, 662
State of Georgia area codes: 229, 404, 470, 478, 678, 706, 762, 770, 912

Coordinates: 34°8′N 85°58′W / 34.133°N 85.967°W / 34.133; -85.967

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