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[[Image:Area_code_205.png|thumb|right|Region covered by area code 205]]
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'''205''' is the North American telephone area code for central and western [[Alabama]] including most of the cities in the [[Birmingham District]]. From when the first area code plan was introduced in [[1947]] until [[1995]], this area code served the entire state of Alabama. It then split, with the new area code 334 covering south Alabama, including Montgomery and Mobile. Area code 205 was split again in [[1998]], with [[area code 256]] covering north and northeast Alabama, including [[Cullman]], Muscle Shoals, Huntsville, and [[Anniston]].


'''205''' is the North American telephone area code for central and western [[Alabama]] including most of the cities in the [[Birmingham District]].  From when the first area code plan was introduced in [[1947]] until [[1995]], this area code served the entire state of Alabama.  It then split, with the new area code 334 covering south Alabama, including Montgomery and Mobile.  Area code 205 was split again in [[1998]], with [[area code 256]] now covering north and northeast Alabama, including [[Cullman]], Muscle Shoals, Huntsville, and Anniston.<sup>1</sup>  [[Area code 659]] is scheduled to provide numbering relief for the 205 area but no implementation date has been announced.
[[Area code 659]] was approved as an overlay area code by the [[Alabama Public Service Commission]] to provide numbering relief for the 205 area in [[2018]].


==Counties located in area code 205==
==Counties located in area code 205==
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==References==
==References==
# Lowry, Bob (March 4, 2009). "[http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/local.ssf?/base/news/123616178931610.xml&coll=1 Flex your fingers for 10-digit dialing in 2010]". ''The Huntsville Times''.
* Lowry, Bob (March 4, 2009). "[http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/local.ssf?/base/news/123616178931610.xml&coll=1 Flex your fingers for 10-digit dialing in 2010]". ''The Huntsville Times''
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Area_code_205&oldid=410016751 Area code 205]. (January 25, 2011). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Accessed January 25, 2011.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Area_code_205&oldid=410016751 Area code 205]. (January 25, 2011). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Accessed January 25, 2011.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Alabama_area_codes&oldid=471460558 List of Alabama area codes]. (January 15, 2012). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Accessed January 19, 2012.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Alabama_area_codes&oldid=471460558 List of Alabama area codes]. (January 15, 2012). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Accessed January 19, 2012.
* Hrynkiw, Ivana (August 22, 2018) "Central Alabama adding a new area code, reports say." {{BN}}


==External links==
==External links==

Latest revision as of 13:25, 22 August 2018

Region covered by area code 205

205 is the North American telephone area code for central and western Alabama including most of the cities in the Birmingham District. From when the first area code plan was introduced in 1947 until 1995, this area code served the entire state of Alabama. It then split, with the new area code 334 covering south Alabama, including Montgomery and Mobile. Area code 205 was split again in 1998, with area code 256 covering north and northeast Alabama, including Cullman, Muscle Shoals, Huntsville, and Anniston.

Area code 659 was approved as an overlay area code by the Alabama Public Service Commission to provide numbering relief for the 205 area in 2018.

Counties located in area code 205

References

External links

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