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and three configurations of dividing. Two of the splits would have left Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, the two largest cities in the territory, with the same 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
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Area code 570 was created when the 717 numbering plan area was divided on December 5, 1998. It was the first new Pennsylvania area code created outside
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Locations are approximate. Area code 570/272 may only cover a portion of these counties, and it may spill into neighboring areas not listed.
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remained in 570. By 2017, only one exchange was left in February, and that exchange was assigned by May.
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In 2009, it was projected that 570 would run out of numbers in the third quarter of 2011. The
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in 1947, Pennsylvania was divided into four numbering plan areas, including area codes
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became mandatory in northeastern Pennsylvania on September 21, 2013.
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Pennsylvania (blue) with numbering plan area 570 shown in red.
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Index

Area codes 272 and 570
area codes
North American Numbering Plan
northeast quadrant
U.S. state
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Williamsport
Stroudsburg
East Stroudsburg
Pittston
Carbondale
Hazleton
Clarks Summit
Towanda
Bloomsburg
Sayre
Tunkhannock
Berwick
Milford
Montrose
Honesdale
Pocono Pines
Nanticoke
Tamaqua
Shavertown
Dallas
Mahanoy City
Sunbury

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