When the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) organized the telephone networks of North American with a universal telephone numbering plan in 1947, Pennsylvania was divided into four numbering plan areas, which received the area codes 215, 412, 717, and 814. Area code 717 was assigned to the eastern half of the Commonwealth, excluding the Delaware and Lehigh Valleys.
Area code 570 was created when the 717 numbering plan area was divided on December 5, 1998. It was the first new Pennsylvania area code created outside Philadelphia and Pittsburgh since the implementation of the area code system.
In 2009, it was projected that 570 would run out of numbers in the third quarter of 2011. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) considered four options: an overlay plan and three configurations of dividing. Two of the splits would have left Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, the two largest cities in the territory, with the same 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 March 28, 2013. Ten-digit dialing became mandatory in northeastern Pennsylvania on September 21, 2013.[2]
In 2015, only eleven unassigned central office prefixes remained in 570. By 2017, only one exchange was left in February, and that exchange was assigned by May.
Service areaEdit
CountiesEdit
Locations are approximate. Area code 570/272 may only cover a portion of these counties, and it may spill into neighboring areas not listed.
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area, codes, telephone, area, codes, north, american, numbering, plan, nanp, northeast, quadrant, state, pennsylvania, numbering, plan, area, includes, cities, towns, scranton, wilkes, barre, williamsport, stroudsburg, east, stroudsburg, pittston, carbondale, . Area codes 570 and 272 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan NANP for the northeast quadrant of the U S state of Pennsylvania The numbering plan area NPA includes the cities or towns of Scranton 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 as Pottsville and as far west as Lock Haven Area code 570 was created in 1998 in an split of area code 717 one of the original North American area codes In 2013 the numbering plan area received a second area code 272 creating an overlay plan which required ten digit dialing for the area Pennsylvania blue with numbering plan area 570 shown in red Contents 1 History 2 Service area 2 1 Counties 2 2 Municipalities 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditWhen the American Telephone and Telegraph Company AT amp T organized the telephone networks of North American with a universal telephone numbering plan in 1947 Pennsylvania was divided into four numbering plan areas which received the area codes 215 412 717 and 814 Area code 717 was assigned to the eastern half of the Commonwealth excluding the Delaware and Lehigh Valleys Area code 570 was created when the 717 numbering plan area was divided on December 5 1998 It was the first new Pennsylvania area code created outside Philadelphia and Pittsburgh since the implementation of the area code system In 2009 it was projected that 570 would run out of numbers in the third quarter of 2011 The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission PUC considered four options an overlay plan and three configurations of dividing Two of the splits would have left Scranton and Wilkes Barre the two largest cities in the territory with the same 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 March 28 2013 Ten digit dialing became mandatory in northeastern Pennsylvania on September 21 2013 2 In 2015 only eleven unassigned central office prefixes remained in 570 By 2017 only one exchange was left in February and that exchange was assigned by May Service area EditCounties Edit Locations are approximate Area code 570 272 may only cover a portion of these counties and it may spill into neighboring areas not listed Bradford County Carbon County Centre County Clinton County Columbia County Dauphin County Juniata County Lackawanna County Luzerne County Lycoming County Monroe County Montour County Northampton County Northumberland County Pike County Potter County Schuylkill County Snyder County Susquehanna County Sullivan County Tioga County Union County Wayne County Wyoming County Municipalities Edit Avoca Berwick Brodheadsville Carbondale Clarks Summit Dallas Drums East Stroudsburg Elysburg Frackville Freeland Gouldsboro Great Bend Hallstead Hazleton Honesdale Jim Thorpe Kingston Lake Wallenpaupack Lansford Mahanoy City Milford Montoursville Moscow Mount Pocono Mountain Top Nanticoke Nescopeck Nesquehoning Orwigsburg Pine Grove Pittston Plains Portland Pottsville Sayre Scranton Shamokin Shenandoah Stroudsburg Sunbury Susquehanna Depot Tamaqua Tannersville Taylor Tobyhanna Towanda Tunkhannock Weatherly West Hazleton Wilkes Barre WilliamsportSee also EditList of Pennsylvania area codes List of NANP area codes North American Numbering PlanReferences Edit Archived copy PDF Archived PDF from the original on 2013 10 01 Retrieved 2013 07 20 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Denise McCracken March 28 2013 PUC Announces Ten Digit Dialing Procedures Begin in 570 Area Code pa gov Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Archived from the original on September 27 2013 External links EditNorth American Numbering Plan Administration NANPA area code map of PennsylvaniaPennsylvania area codes 215 267 445 223 717 272 570 412 484 610 724 814 582 878 North 607West 814 582 area code 570 272 East 845 862 973 908South 484 610 717 223New Jersey area codes 201 551 609 640 732 848 856 862 973 908New York area codes 212 332 646 315 680 347 718 929 363 516 518 838 585 607 631 934 624 716 329 845 914 91741 25 05 N 76 06 47 W 41 418 N 76 113 W 41 418 76 113 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Area codes 570 and 272 amp oldid 1159308653, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
