The 256 area code covers Huntsville, Decatur, Florence and more in Alabama. Provision a local 256 number in minutes.
Area code 256 covers northern Alabama, dominated by Huntsville — one of the fastest-growing tech cities in the US. Huntsville is home to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and Redstone Arsenal, making it a hub for aerospace and defense technology. The code was split from 205 in 1995.
The 256 area code covers Huntsville, Decatur, Florence, Athens in Alabama.
Phone numbers in the 256 area code operate on America/Chicago time.
Yes. The 256 area code was introduced in 1995 and remains an active geographic code today.
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