Area code 251 is a

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code covering southwestern

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serving

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, Baldwin, and

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counties and parts of six other counties. It was created on June 18, 2001, as a split from

area code 334 Area code 334 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for southeastern Alabama. It was created on January 15, 1995, in an area code split from area code 205. and was the first new area code in Alabama since the implem ...

. 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. Prior to October 2021, area code 251 had telephone numbers assigned for the

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988. In 2020, ''988'' was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the

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, which created a conflict for exchanges that permit

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. This area code was therefore scheduled to transition to

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by October 24, 2021.

Cities

* Atmore *

Bay Minette Bay Minette is a city in and the county seat of Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 8,044. History In the first days of Baldwin County, the town of McIntosh Bluff (now in Mobile Count ...

* Bayou la Batre * Bon Secour * Brewton * Chatom *

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* Citronelle * Creola *

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Dauphin Island Dauphin Island is an island town in Mobile County, Alabama, United States, on a barrier island of the same name, in the Gulf of Mexico. It incorporated in 1988. The population was 1,778 at the 2020 census, up from 1,238 at the 2010 census. The t ...

* East Brewton *

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* Flomaton * Foley *

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* Grand Bay * Grove Hill *

Gulf Shores Gulf Shores is a resort city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 9,741. Geography Gulf Shores is located on the Gulf of Mexico at 30°16'4.069" North, 87°42'5.285" West (30.267797, −87.70 ...

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* Loxley *

* Monroeville * Orange Beach * Prichard * Robertsdale * Saraland *

Satsuma Satsuma may refer to: * Satsuma (fruit), a citrus fruit * ''Satsuma'' (gastropod), a genus of land snails Places Japan * Satsuma, Kagoshima, a Japanese town * Satsuma District, Kagoshima, a district in Kagoshima Prefecture * Satsuma Domain, a sou ...

* Semmes *

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* Silverhill * Spanish Fort * Stapleton * Stockton * Summerdale *

Theodore Theodore may refer to: Places * Theodore, Alabama, United States * Theodore, Australian Capital Territory * Theodore, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Banana, Australia * Theodore, Saskatchewan, Canada * Theodore Reservoir, a lake in Sask ...

* Tillman's Corner

References

External links

Area Code Changes - 251

List of exchanges from CIDLookup.com, 251 Area Code
Telecommunications-related introductions in 2001 251 251 {{Alabama-stub

Cities

See also

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