Area code 256

Area code 256

Area code 256 was created on March 23 1998 as a split from area code 205cite news
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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 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
*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

*Huntsville
*Decatur
*Gadsden
*Florence
*Madison
*Anniston
*Athens
*Scottsboro
*Arab
*Boaz
*Guntersville
*Albertville

ee 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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