Get a local business phone number in Russellville, AL

What area code is Russellville, AL?

Russellville, in Franklin County, Alabama, had a Census-estimated population of 10,736 in July 2024. NANPA lists 14 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 256 has the most (11, 79%). 256 is part of an overlay with 938, so a new local number in Russellville may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Russellville is in the Central time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 256 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Russellville exchanges by carrier

9 carriers hold the 14 exchanges assigned to Russellville's rate center. New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - Ga has the most, with 4. 13 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. Holding a code means NANPA assigned that block of numbers to the carrier for this rate center; individual numbers may since have been ported elsewhere.

Russellville phone prefixes

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Russellville's rate center (RUSSELLVL). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2001. 4 of the 14 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Russellville's exchanges were assigned

Assignment dates show when each block of Russellville numbers was added to the local supply.

What makes a number local to Russellville

What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Russellville, those come from the RUSSELLVL rate center, as recorded by NANPA.

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 256 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

Businesses around Russellville

Russellville is part of the Russellville, AL micropolitan area, home to 31,874 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 539 business establishments in the Russellville, AL micropolitan area in 2023, employing 11,039 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (100), other services (except public administration) (64), and finance and insurance (53).

Business phone service in Russellville

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