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Phone Lookup For Area Code 256

What is the 256 area code?

State Alabama
Time Zone Central Time

The 256 area code is located in the state of Alabama, and according to Intelius data, covers roughly 2,128,579 phone numbers. Huntsville University is the largest city within this area code with a population of about 403,565.

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Top cities in the (256) area code

  1. Huntsville University
    County Madison
    Population 403,565
  2. Huntsville
    County Prince
    Population 167,941
  3. Anniston Main And Toll
    County Calhoun
    Population 115,788
  4. Athens Main
    County Limestone
    Population 110,900

256 Stats

Number of Prefixes
785
Number of Cellphones
1,292,344
Number of Land Lines
836,235

Area Code (256) Prefixes

Prefix
COUNTY
City
CARRIER
TYPE
County Prince
City Decatur Main And Toll
Carrier AT&T Southeast
Type Landline
County Clay
City Ashland
Carrier CenturyLink
Type Landline
County Prince
City Decatur Main And Toll
Carrier AT&T Southeast
Type Landline
County Franklin
City Red Bay
Carrier Onvoy
Type VoIP
County Randolph
City Wedowee
Carrier Verizon Wireless
Type Wireless, PCS, Cellular
County Talladega
City Munford Main
Carrier Centurylink
Type Landline
County Colbert
City Cherokee
Carrier National Telephone of Alabama
Type Landline
County Colbert
City Margerum
Carrier National Telephone of Alabama
Type Landline
County Madison
City Huntsville University
Carrier Onvoy
Type VoIP
County Talladega
City Talladega Main
Carrier AT&T Southeast
Type Landline