Area code 253

Area code 253 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for a part of the U.S. state of Washington. The numbering plan area (NPA) includes cities in King County that are situated south of Seattle and the southern Puget Sound area, centered at Tacoma and extending to include the areas around Gig Harbor, Auburn, and Roy. It also serves the western half of Pierce County, as well as southern King County.

Numbering plan areas of Washington, with 253 highlighted in red.

The area code commenced service on April 27, 1997, as part of a three-way split of area code 206, with the other new area code being area code 425.^[1]

Area code 253 is slated to participate in the overlay complex 564, which has been active since 2017 only in NPA 360,^[2][3] when central office code exhaustion demands relief.

Service area

• Auburn
• Bonney Lake
• Burley
• Covington
• DuPont
• Federal Way
• Fife
• Fort Lewis, Washington
• Fox Island
• Gig Harbor
• Graham
• Kent
• Lakewood
• Lake Tapps
• McChord AFB
• Milton
• Parkland
• Puyallup
• Roy
• Sumner
• Spanaway
• Steilacoom
• Tacoma
• University Place

See also

• List of Washington (state) area codes
• List of North American Numbering Plan area codes