- Area code 256
Area code 256 was created on
March 23 1998 as a split fromarea code 205 cite news
last =Underwood
first =Jerry
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title =Countdown starts to new area code:2...5...6
work =The Birmingham News
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date =March 16, 1998
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accessdate = ] . In order to allow people time to reprogram electronics such as computers, cell phones, pagers and fax machines, use of the 205 area code would continue in the 256 areas throughSeptember 28 , 1998.It covers north and northeast
Alabama and includes the following metropolitan areas:*
Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area
* Huntsville Metropolitan Area
*Decatur Metropolitan Area
*The Shoals
*Gadsden Metropolitan Area
*Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Area 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 inarea code 334 )
*Etowah County - (part, some of Etowah County is inarea code 205 )
*Franklin County - (part, some of Franklin County is inarea code 205 )
*Jackson County
*Lawrence County
*Lauderdale County
*Limestone County
*Madison County
*Marshall County
*Morgan County
*Randolph County - (part, some of Randolph County is inarea code 334 )
*Talladega County
*Tallapoosa County - (part, some of Tallapoosa County is inarea code 334 )
*Winston County - (part, most of Winston County is inarea code 205 )Cities
*Huntsville
*Decatur
*Gadsden
*Florence
*Madison
*Anniston
*Athens
*Scottsboro
*Arab
*Boaz
*Guntersville
*Albertvilleee also
*
List of Alabama area codes
*List of NANP area codes
*North American Numbering Plan References
External links
Area Code Box 3|State=AL
This= area code 256| N= 931
S= 205, 334
E= 706/762, 770/678
W= 662, 205
S1=TN
S2=MS
S3=GA
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