- Area code 206
Area code 206 is a telephone dialing code in the
U.S. state ofWashington for Seattle, the islands of Mercer, Bainbridge and Vashon, and portions of the Seattle metro area from Des Moines to Shoreline.At inception, area code 206 served all of Washington state. In 1957,
Eastern Washington was split asarea code 509 .In 1995, 206 was split again, limited to the Seattle metro and
Puget Sound area, with the remainder ofWestern Washington assignedarea code 360 . Then in 1997, 206 was again split, limited to its current territory; the Eastside and northern suburbs were assignedarea code 425 and the southern suburbs and Tacoma metro area were assignedarea code 253 .Communities in the 206 area code
*Bainbridge Island
*Burien
*Des Moines
*Lake Forest Park
*SeaTac
*Seattle
*Shoreline
*Tukwila
*Vashon
*Merceree also
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Area code 564
*List of NANP area codes External links
* [http://www.nanpa.com/area_code_maps/display.html?wa NANPA Washington area code map]
Area Code Box 0 | State = WA | This = Area Code 206
N = 425, 360
W = 360
E = 425, 509
S = 253, 360
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