Area code 251
Telephone area code for southwest Alabama
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::summary Telephone area code for southwest Alabama ::
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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.{{cite news | first=Bob | last=Lowry | work=The Huntsville Times | title=Flex your fingers for 10-digit dialing in 2010 | url=http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/local.ssf?/base/news/123616178931610.xml&coll=1 | date=2009-03-04 | archive-date=2009-04-08 | access-date=2009-03-05 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408163107/http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/local.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews%2F123616178931610.xml&coll=1 | url-status=dead | first=Charles R. | last=McCauley | title=Southwest Alabama to get new area code | work=The Birmingham News | date=2001-02-14
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.{{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
Service area
The numbering plan area comprises the following cities.
- 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
References
References
- "Area Code 251". NANPA.
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