The 254 area code covers Waco, Killeen, Temple and more in Texas. Provision a local 254 number in minutes.
Area code 254 serves central Texas including Waco, home of Baylor University, and Killeen, adjacent to Fort Cavazos (formerly Fort Hood) — one of the largest US Army bases in the world. The region sits in the heart of Texas between Austin and Dallas. The code was established in 1997 from a split of 817.
Across Texas, the 254 area code serves roughly 600,000 residents in 4 communities — including Waco, Killeen, Temple, among others. Numbers in the 254 zone keep Centraltime, so a local line rings during your customers' business hours and shows a familiar TX caller ID on every outbound call.
254 was first introduced in 1997 under the North American Numbering Plan. It remains an active geographic code today.
Want a 254 number of your own? With Ajoxi you can claim one in minutes — no hardware, no contracts — and route calls, SMS, voicemail, and team messaging anywhere on a single UCaaS platform, with Tier-1 routing and clean caller-ID delivery on every line.
The 254 area code reaches 4 communities across Texas, from Waco to Belton. A customer in any of them sees a familiar local number when you call, which is the single biggest driver of answer rates — and with Ajoxi you can claim a number in any of these cities, or several at once, and route every call to the same team.
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Every 254 line includes HD calling, video meetings, team chat, SMS/MMS, auto-attendant, call recording, and an AI assistant.
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The 254 area code covers Waco, Killeen, Temple, Belton in Texas.
Phone numbers in the 254 area code operate on America/Chicago time.
Yes. The 254 area code was introduced in 1997 and remains an active geographic code today.
Yes. Ajoxi provisions virtual 254 numbers with instant activation, clean caller-ID delivery, Tier-1 routing, and no setup fees — so you can build a local presence in minutes.
Choose a 254 number in the Ajoxi dashboard and it activates immediately — no hardware, no contracts, and no setup fees. Prefer to keep a number you already use? Port any existing 254 number in for free, usually within a few business days and with no downtime during the switch.
Yes. Every 254 number supports SMS and MMS alongside HD calling, so your team can text customers, run campaigns, and reply to conversations from the same line — all in the browser on any device, with no separate app to install.
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