Area codes 570 and 272
northeast Pennsylvania area codes
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 a 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 complex, which required ten-digit dialing for the area.
History
When the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) organized the telephone networks of North America with a universal telephone numbering plan in 1947, Pennsylvania was divided into four numbering plan areas, identified by area codes 215, 412, 717, and 814, respectively. Area code 717 was assigned to the eastern half of Pennsylvania, but excluding the Delaware and Lehigh 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 outside Philadelphia and Pittsburgh 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. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) considered an overlay complex and three options of dividing the area.
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