Area code 253 is a telephone dialing code in Washington for the suburbs south of Seattle and of the southern Puget Sound area, centered at Tacoma and extending to include the areas around Gig Harbor, Auburn, and Roy. It currently serves the western half of Pierce County, Washington

The area code went into service on April 27, 1997 as part of a three-way split of area code 206.

[edit] Communities in the 253 area code

• Auburn
• Bonney Lake
• Burley
• Covington
• Dupont
• Federal Way
• Fife
• Fort Lewis
• Fox Island
• Gig Harbor
• Graham
• Kent
• Lakewood
• Lake Tapps
• McChord Air Force Base
• Milton
• Parkland
• Puyallup
• Roy
• Sumner
• Spanaway
• Steilacoom
• Tacoma
• University Place

[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, 253 Area Code

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