Get a local business phone number in Stevenson, AL

What area code is Stevenson, AL?

Stevenson, in Jackson County, Alabama, had a Census-estimated population of 1,975 in July 2024. NANPA lists 5 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 256 has the most (4, 80%). 256 is part of an overlay with 938, so a new local number in Stevenson may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Stevenson 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.

Phone carriers in Stevenson

4 carriers hold the 5 exchanges assigned to Stevenson's rate center. New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - Ga has the most, with 2. 5 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. The table counts codes by the operating company NANPA assigned them to, not by who serves each number today.

Local prefixes for Stevenson

Each prefix below is a block of up to 10,000 numbers that NANPA assigned to Stevenson's rate center (STEVENSON). The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2003. 1 of the 5 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Stevenson's exchanges were assigned

The table groups Stevenson's exchanges by the decade NANPA recorded them as assigned.

Rate centers and local calling in Stevenson

NANPA ties every exchange to a rate center. For Stevenson that is STEVENSON, so a number from one of these exchanges reads as local to people in and around Stevenson.

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 Stevenson

Stevenson is part of the Scottsboro, AL micropolitan area, home to 53,780 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 876 business establishments in the Scottsboro, AL micropolitan area in 2023, employing 13,444 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (174), health care and social assistance (115), and other services (except public administration) (93).

Setting up a Stevenson business line

For $99 a month, Callata puts a team of up to 5 on one plan ($20 for each person after that): up to 3 local numbers, unlimited inbound calls, a pooled allowance of 1,500 outbound US and Canada minutes per user, browser and cell calling, voicemail transcription with urgency triage, recorded calls with AI summaries and business-hours routing, with E911 on every number.

Porting a number you already use in Stevenson is free, and business texting is available once the carrier registration (10DLC) is approved; the registration carries a one-time $49 fee. Which specific numbers are open in a given area code depends on carrier inventory at the time you sign up.

AI agents are optional: an AI receptionist or scheduler can pick up when the team is busy or closed, take a message, send a text or email, or transfer the call. They draw on prepaid AI minutes ($0.25/minute), disclose that they are AI, and outbound AI calls require prior consent and are limited to 8am–9pm.

Per-seat phone plans multiply by headcount. For the rounded average establishment size in the Scottsboro, AL micropolitan area, 15 users on RingCentral RingEX Core come to $450.00 a month and on Ooma Office Pro $374.25, at month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026. Callata comes to $299.00 a month for 15 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.