Area codes 570 and 272 are telephone

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s in the

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(NANP) for the northeast quadrant of the

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. The numbering plan area (NPA) includes the cities or towns of

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, Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport, Stroudsburg, East Stroudsburg,

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, Carbondale, Hazleton, Clarks Summit, Towanda, Bloomsburg, Sayre, Tunkhannock, Berwick, Milford, Montrose, Honesdale, Pocono Pines, Nanticoke, Tamaqua, Shavertown,

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, Mahanoy City, Sunbury,

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, and extends as far south as Pottsville and as far west as Lock Haven. Area code 570 was created in 1998 in a

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of area code 717, one of the

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. In 2013, the numbering plan area received a second area code, 272, creating an

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, which required

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for the area.

History

When the

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(AT&T) organized the telephone networks of North American with a universal

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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

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and

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s. 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

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and

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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

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(PUC) considered an

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. 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, after

had become mandatory in northeastern Pennsylvania on September 21, 2013.

Service area

Counties

Numbering plan area 570/272 includes all or parts of the following counties. * Bradford County * Carbon County * Centre County *

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* Columbia County * Dauphin County * Juniata County * Lackawanna County *

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* 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

* Avoca * Berwick * Brodheadsville * Carbondale * Clarks Summit *

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* Dunmore * East Stroudsburg * Elysburg * Frackville * Freeland * Gouldsboro * Great Bend * Hallstead * Hazleton * Honesdale *

* Kingston * Lake Wallenpaupack * Lansford * Mahanoy City * Milford * Montoursville *

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* Mount Pocono * Mountain Top * Nanticoke * Nescopeck * Nesquehoning * Orwigsburg * Pine Grove *

* Plains * Portland * Pottsville * Sayre *

* Shamokin * Shenandoah * Stroudsburg * Sunbury * Susquehanna Depot * Tamaqua * Tannersville *

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* Tobyhanna * Towanda * Tunkhannock * Weatherly * West Hazleton * Wilkes-Barre * Williamsport

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