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Area code
334
In service
United States · since 1995

Montgomery

Serves south-central and southeastern Alabama including Montgomery, Auburn-Opelika and Dothan. Created January 15, 1995, as a split from 205, it is now overlaid by 483.

The essentials Numbering data · NumberResearch · as of 2026-09-18
Place
Montgomery
Type
geographic
Status
in service
In service since
1995
Projected exhaust
2064 Q3

Status, dates and counts are read from NumberResearch (NANPA / CNAC / FCC records). Assignment records show initial assignees, not the carrier serving a number today.

A · Where it is

Where 334 is

South-central and southeastern Alabama, including the Alabama portion of the Columbus, Georgia metro..

Communities served wholly or partly by 334:

MontgomeryAuburnOpelikaDothanPhenix CitySelmaValley

Includes the Alabama side of the Columbus, GA metropolitan area.

B · Relationships

How it relates to other codes

The codes 334 was split from, spawned, or shares its area with. A split divides the map and changes some numbers; an overlay shares the same ground and changes none — what's the difference?

Split from · 1995 205 Birmingham 334 split off from 205 in 1995.
Spawned · 2001 251 Mobile 251 split off from 334 to serve southwestern Alabama.
Overlay · 2026 483 Montgomery (overlay) 483 added as an all-services overlay of the 334 region.
What's changing. Overlaid by 483 (in service February 23, 2026); ten-digit dialing required.
C · History

How 334 got here

1995-01-15
Created as a split from 205; noted as the first interchangeable NPA (middle digit not 0/1).
Source: Wikipedia
2001-06-18
Southwestern portion split off to form area code 251.
Source: Wikipedia
2026-02-23
Overlay 483 in-service date; ten-digit dialing mandatory after January 23, 2026.
Source: Wikipedia
D · Capacity

How full it is

Prefixes assigned
800
Prefixes available
0
Thousands-blocks assigned
3,435

Prefix-assignment counts describe allocation to carriers, not how many individual numbers are in use. Full technical records: NumberResearch ↗.

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Sources
Wikipedia ↗
Area codes 334 and 483
NumberResearch.org ↗
Live status, dates, assignment counts and exhaust forecast — data as of 2026-09-18 (CC BY 4.0).

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