206 is the North American telephone area code in the U.S. state of Washington for Seattle, the islands of Mercer, Bainbridge and Vashon, and portions of the Seattle metro area from Des Moines to Woodway.

At inception, area code 206 served all of Washington state. In 1957, Eastern Washington was split as area code 509.

In 1995, 206 was split again, limited to the Seattle metro and Puget Sound area, with the remainder of Western Washington assigned area code 360. Then in 1997, 206 was again split, limited to its current territory; the Eastside and northern suburbs were assigned area code 425 and the southern suburbs and Tacoma metro area were assigned area code 253.

[edit] Communities in the 206 area code

• Bainbridge Island
• Burien
• Des Moines
• Lake Forest Park
• Mercer Island
• Richmond Beach
• SeaTac
• Seattle
• Shoreline
• Tukwila
• Vashon
• Woodway

[edit] See also

• Washington Area codes
• Area code 564
• List of NANP area codes

[edit] External links

• NANPA Washington area code map
• List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 206 Area Code

State of Washington area codes: 206, 253, 360, 425, 509
	North: 425, 360
West: 360	Area Code 206	East: 425, 509
	South: 253, 360