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{{Short description|Telephone area code for southwest Alabama}} | {{Short description|Telephone area code for southwest Alabama}} | ||
[[File:Area code 251.svg|thumb|right| | [[File:Area code 251.svg|thumb|right|Numbering plan area 251 in Alabama]] | ||
'''Area code 251''' is a telephone [[area code]] in the [[North American Numbering Plan]] (NANP) for southwestern [[Alabama]], serving [[Mobile County|Mobile]], [[Baldwin County, Alabama|Baldwin]], and [[Washington County, Alabama|Washington]] counties and parts of six other counties.<ref name="htm1">{{cite news | '''Area code 251''' is a telephone [[area code]] in the [[North American Numbering Plan]] (NANP) for southwestern [[Alabama]], serving [[Mobile County|Mobile]], [[Baldwin County, Alabama|Baldwin]], and [[Washington County, Alabama|Washington]] counties and parts of six other counties.<ref name="htm1">{{cite news | ||
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| title=Flex your fingers for 10-digit dialing in 2010 | | title=Flex your fingers for 10-digit dialing in 2010 | ||
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}}</ref> It was created on June 18, 2001, as a [[area code split|split]] of numbering plan area [[area code 334|334]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nanpa.com/nas/public/npa_query_step2.do;nanpaid=Yh55HzpSZVjXSygqjJTpgbV6b3sfnJv9VGl7Gg42jD8JphvmThzn!287555716?method=displayNpa |title=Area Code 251 |publisher=NANPA |access-date=2007-12-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506014306/http://www.nanpa.com/nas/public/npa_query_step2.do%3Bnanpaid%3DYh55HzpSZVjXSygqjJTpgbV6b3sfnJv9VGl7Gg42jD8JphvmThzn%21287555716?method=displayNpa |archive-date=2009-05-06 }}</ref> In order to allow people time to reprogram electronics such as computers, cell phones, pagers and fax machines, use of the 334 area code continued in the 251 areas through January 7, 2002.<ref name="February14">{{cite news | |||
| first=Charles R. | | first=Charles R. | ||
| last=McCauley | | last=McCauley | ||
| title=Southwest Alabama to get new area code | | title=Southwest Alabama to get new area code | ||
| work=The Birmingham News | | work=The Birmingham News | ||
| date= | | date=2001-02-14 | ||
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Prior to October 2021, area code 251 had telephone numbers assigned for the [[central office code]] 988. In 2020, ''988'' was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the [[National Suicide Prevention Lifeline]], which created a conflict for exchanges that permit [[seven-digit dialing]]. This area code was therefore scheduled to transition to [[ten-digit dialing]] by October 24, 2021.<ref name="pl556">{{cite web|url=https:// | Prior to October 2021, area code 251 had telephone numbers assigned for the [[central office code]] 988. In 2020, ''988'' was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the [[National Suicide Prevention Lifeline]], which created a conflict for exchanges that permit [[seven-digit dialing]]. This area code was therefore scheduled to transition to [[ten-digit dialing]] by October 24, 2021.<ref name="pl556">{{cite web | ||
|url=https://www.nanpa.com/sites/default/files/planning_letters/PL-556.pdf | |||
|date=2021-01-08 | |||
|publisher=North American Numbering Plan Administrator | |||
|title=Transition to 10-digit dialing (for 988 as 3-digit access to National Suicide Prevention Hotline) | |||
|access-date=2025-07-12 | |||
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==Service area== | ==Service area== | ||
Latest revision as of 04:49, 12 July 2025
Area code 251 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for southwestern Alabama, serving Mobile, Baldwin, and Washington counties and parts of six other counties.[1] It was created on June 18, 2001, as a split of numbering plan area 334.[2] In order to allow people time to reprogram electronics such as computers, cell phones, pagers and fax machines, use of the 334 area code continued in the 251 areas through January 7, 2002.[3]
Prior to October 2021, area code 251 had telephone numbers assigned for the central office code 988. In 2020, 988 was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which created a conflict for exchanges that permit seven-digit dialing. This area code was therefore scheduled to transition to ten-digit dialing by October 24, 2021.[4]
Service area
The numbering plan area comprises the following cities.
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- Atmore
- Axis
- Bay Minette
- Bayou la Batre
- Bon Secour
- Brewton
- Chatom
- Chickasaw
- Citronelle
- Creola
- Daphne
- Dauphin Island
- East Brewton
- Elberta
- Evergreen
- Fairhope
- Flomaton
- Frisco City
- Foley
- Fort Morgan
- Grand Bay
- Grove Hill
- Gulf Shores
- Irvington
- Jackson
- Loxley
- Magnolia Springs
- Mobile
- Mon Louis
- Monroeville
- Orange Beach
- Perdido Beach
- Pine Apple
- Poarch
- Prichard
- Robertsdale
- Saraland
- Satsuma
- Semmes
- Silas
- Silverhill
- Spanish Fort
- Stapleton
- Stockton
- Summerdale
- Theodore
- Tillman's Corner
- Wagarville
- Wallace
See also
References
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External links
| North: 205/659, 334 | ||
| West: 228, 601/769 | 251 | East: 334, 850/448 |
| South: 850/448, Gulf of Mexico | ||
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