Area codes 570 and 272 are telephonearea codes in theNorth American Numbering Plan (NANP) for thenortheast quadrant of theU.S. state ofPennsylvania. The numbering plan area (NPA) includes the cities or towns ofScranton,Wilkes-Barre,Williamsport,Stroudsburg,East Stroudsburg,Pittston,Carbondale,Hazleton,Clarks Summit,Towanda,Bloomsburg,Sayre,Tunkhannock,Berwick,Milford,Montrose,Honesdale,Pocono Pines,Nanticoke,Tamaqua,Shavertown,Dallas,Mahanoy City,Sunbury,Jim Thorpe, and extends as far south asPottsville and as far west asLock Haven.
Area code 570 was created in 1998 in asplit ofarea code 717, one of theoriginal North American area codes. In 2013, the numbering plan area received a second area code, 272, creating anoverlay complex, which requiredten-digit dialing for the area.
When theAmerican Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) organized the telephone networks of North American with a universaltelephone numbering plan in 1947, Pennsylvania was divided into four numbering plan areas, identified by area codes215,412,717, and814, respectively. Area code 717 was assigned to the eastern half of Pennsylvania, but excluding theDelaware andLehigh Valleys.
Area code 570 was created when the numbering plan area 717 was divided on December 5, 1998. It was the first new Pennsylvania area code created outsidePhiladelphia andPittsburgh since the implementation of the area code system.
In 2009,North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) projections indicated that 570 would exhaust its central office prefixes in the third quarter of 2011. ThePennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) considered anoverlay complex and three options of dividing the area. Two of the splits would have left Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, the two largest cities with the existing area code.[1] On July 15, 2010, the PUC decided that the new area code, 272, would be implemented as an overlay. The area code entered service on October 21, 2013,[2] afterten-digit dialing had become mandatory in northeastern Pennsylvania on September 21, 2013.[3]
Numbering plan area 570/272 includes all or parts of the following counties.
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| West:582/814 | 272/570 | East:329/845,862/973,908 |
| South:484/610,717/223 | ||
| New Jersey area codes:201/551,609/640,732/848,856,908,973/862 | ||
| New York area codes:212/646/332,315/680,516/363,518/838,585,607,631/934,716/624,718/347/929,845/329,914,917 | ||
41°25′05″N76°06′47″W / 41.418°N 76.113°W /41.418; -76.113