Lincoln Alabama Area Codes

4 area codes cover Lincoln: 205, 256, 659 and 938. A number carrying any of them is local to Lincoln.

The codes covering Lincoln

Area codes covering Lincoln, Alabama, with what each one primarily serves.
Area codePrimarily servesShares ground withIn service
205Birmingham6591947
256Huntsville9381998
659Birmingham2052019
938Huntsville2562010

A code in the “shares ground” column is an overlay: it covers the same territory rather than a different part of Lincoln, which is why local calls there are dialled as ten digits.

Scope the codes matched to Lincoln. Source geoinfo-dataset (full_dataset) ZIP→NPA (2018 snapshot) and LocalCallingGuide NPA list (2026-07 NPA list). Updated . Overlay relationships come from the numbering-plan authority; the place match is computed.

Which part of town has which code

We do not publish which of these codes covers which street or neighbourhood in Lincoln, and we would rather say so than guess. Area codes are drawn around telephone rate centres, which follow neither municipal boundaries nor ZIP codes, and the per-ZIP telephone data we hold is a 2018 snapshot too noisy to split a city with. Where these codes overlay one another the question has no answer at all: they cover the same ground by design. Awaiting a current, clean-rights rate-centre boundary source.

ZIP codes for the same city

Postal geography is organised separately from telephone geography, so Lincoln’s 1 ZIP code do not map onto the codes above. They are listed in full, with the county each falls in, on the postal side of the site.

Lincoln Alabama ZIP codes →

Nearby places with different codes

These are the closest places to Lincoln whose area codes are not the same set. If you are near one of them, a local number may carry a code that is not on the list above.

The nearest places to Lincoln covered by a different set of area codes.
CityDistanceTheir area codes
Riverside Alabama area codes5.1 mi205, 659
Pell City Alabama area codes7.9 mi205, 659
Talladega Alabama area codes10 mi256, 938
Munford Alabama area codes11 mi256, 938
Ragland Alabama area codes12 mi205, 659
Oxford Alabama area codes15 mi256, 938
Ohatchee Alabama area codes16 mi256, 938
Odenville Alabama area codes19 mi205, 659

Straight-line distance between place reference points, not driving distance.