Area code 253

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Area code 253 is a telephone dialing code in Washington for the suburbs south of Seattle and of the southern Puget Sound area, centered at Tacoma and extending to include the areas around Gig Harbor, Auburn, and Roy.

The area code was formed in 1997 as one of two splits from area code 206.

Tacoma (253)-203 207 208 209 212 219 222 223 224 226 227 228 229 230 232 233 238 241 254 255 267 272 273 274 276 278 279 280 284 291 295 298 301 302 304 305 307 309 310 312 318 320 322 323 330 353 359 369 370 371 376 377 380 381 382 383 389 390 396 399 403 404 405 414 415 416 423 426 427 428 439 441 444 459 460 468 471 472 473 474 475 476 484 495 498 502 503 507 512 531 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 548 550 552 564 565 566 571 572 573 576 579 581 582 583 584 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 606 617 619 620 627 650 651 660 663 666 669 671 677 678 679 680 682 683 686 687 691 692 720 722 732 751 752 753 756 759 761 777 779 792 798 820 830 861 879 882 903 905 906 912 934 948 961 964 966 967 968 970 973 982 983 984 985 988