What is an Area Code? An area code is a section of a telephone number that denotes the broad area that the phone receiving the call is based in. Area codes were first introduced circa 1947 for operator use only. Area codes are three-digit numbers that represent Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). The area code for a particular city or region is the series of numbers that you have to dial before someone’s number if you are making a phone call to that place from a different area. Area code 253 serves the state of Washington.
The Table Below Shows the Towns and Cities That Use Area Code 253
| Alderton Algona Anderson Island Artondale Auburn Bonney Lake Browns Point Burley Canterwood Clover Creek Covington Dash Point DuPont East Hill-Meridian Edgewood Elk Plain Federal Way Fife | Fife Heights Fircrest Fort Lewis Fox Island Frederickson Gig Harbor Graham Herron Island Home Kent Ketron Island Key Center Lake Holm Lakeland North Lakeland South Lake Morton-Berrydale Lake Tapps Lakewood | Longbranch McChord AFB McKenna McMillin Maplewood Midland Milton North Fort Lewis North Puyallup Pacific Parkland Prairie Heights Prairie Ridge Purdy Puyallup Raft Island Rosedale Roy | Ruston South Creek South Hill Spanaway Stansberry Lake Steilacoom Summit Summit View Sumner Tacoma University Place Vaughn Waller Wauna Wollochet |