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256 area code phone numbers

Browse current phone-number listings in area code 256, associated with Albertville, Alexander City, Anniston, Arab, Ardmore. Compare memorable patterns and listed pricing. 116,336 256 numbers are currently available from $49 to $399 (median $49), including 38,583 vanity-word and 9,095 lucky-number numbers.

  • Area code 256 is associated with Alabama
  • Time zone: Central Time
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About the 256 area code

Location
Madison County, AL, Jackson County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, and Cullman County, AL and 16 more counties
Time zone
Central Time
History
Split from area code 205 in March 1998
Overlays
938 serves the same area as 256
Dialing
Local calls are dialed with 10 digits (1 + 10 digits also works)
Prefixes
800 exchange prefixes in use, held by 55 carriers
Map of the 256 area codeShaded area shows where 256 numbers are rated, with neighboring area codes outlined around it.706770229478205828334731423931662601901HuntsvilleDecaturCullmanAnnistonGadsdenAlbertvilleFlorenceTalladega
Approximate 256 coverage from U.S. Census ZIP code areas and NANPA rate centers.

Cities and communities in 256

Huntsville, Decatur, Cullman, Anniston, Gadsden, Albertville, Scottsboro, Florence, Athens, Rogersville, Talladega, Rainsville, Alexander City, Madison, Fort Payne, Arab

ZIP codes in the 256 area code

181 ZIP code areas. Area codes follow telephone exchange boundaries rather than ZIP code lines, so ZIP codes near the edge can also be served by a neighboring area code.

Madison County, AL (22)

35741, 35748, 35749, 35750, 35757, 35758, 35759, 35760, 35761, 35763, 35773, 35801, 35802, 35803, 35805, 35806, 35808, 35810, 35811, 35816, 35824, 35896

Jackson County, AL (17)

35740, 35744, 35745, 35746, 35751, 35752, 35764, 35765, 35766, 35768, 35769, 35771, 35772, 35774, 35776, 35958, 35966

DeKalb County, AL (15)

35961, 35962, 35963, 35967, 35968, 35971, 35974, 35975, 35978, 35979, 35981, 35984, 35986, 35988, 35989

Cullman County, AL (12)

35019, 35033, 35053, 35055, 35057, 35058, 35070, 35077, 35083, 35087, 35098, 35179

Etowah County, AL (11)

35901, 35903, 35904, 35905, 35906, 35907, 35952, 35954, 35956, 35972, 35990

Calhoun County, AL (10)

36201, 36203, 36205, 36206, 36207, 36250, 36265, 36271, 36277, 36279

Show 14 more counties (94 ZIP codes)

Limestone County, AL (10)

35611, 35613, 35614, 35615, 35620, 35647, 35649, 35671, 35739, 35756

Talladega County, AL (10)

35014, 35032, 35044, 35096, 35149, 35150, 35151, 35160, 36260, 36268

Lauderdale County, AL (9)

35610, 35630, 35632, 35633, 35634, 35645, 35648, 35652, 35677

Marshall County, AL (9)

35016, 35175, 35747, 35755, 35950, 35951, 35957, 35976, 35980

Morgan County, AL (8)

35601, 35603, 35621, 35622, 35640, 35670, 35754, 35775

Franklin County, AL (7)

35571, 35581, 35582, 35585, 35593, 35653, 35654

Lawrence County, AL (7)

35618, 35619, 35643, 35650, 35651, 35672, 35673

Cherokee County, AL (5)

35959, 35960, 35973, 35983, 36272

Clay County, AL (5)

35082, 36251, 36255, 36266, 36267

Cleburne County, AL (5)

36258, 36262, 36264, 36269, 36273

Colbert County, AL (5)

35616, 35646, 35660, 35661, 35674

Coosa County, AL (5)

35072, 35089, 35136, 35183, 36026

Tallapoosa County, AL (5)

35010, 36256, 36850, 36853, 36861

Randolph County, AL (4)

36263, 36276, 36278, 36280

Area codes that share 256’s area

938

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