Area code 256

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Area code 256 was created on March 23, 1998 as a split from area code 205.

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 Metropolitan Area

Contents 1 Counties and Cities Included 1.1 Counties 1.2 Cities 2 See also

[edit] Counties and Cities Included

[edit] 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)

[edit] Cities

• Huntsville
• Decatur
• Gadsden
• Florence
• Madison
• Anniston
• Athens
• Scottsboro

[edit] See also

• List of North American area codes
• North American Numbering Plan
• North American Numbering Plan Administration
• NANPA Area Code Map of Alabama
• Whitepages Area code Map

	North: 931
West: 662, 205	area code 256	East: 706/762, 770/678
	South: 205, 334