Area codes 570 and 272

The numbering plan area (NPA) includes the cities or towns of 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, Jim Thorpe, and as far south as Pottsville and as far west as Lock Haven.

Area code 717 was assigned to the eastern half of Pennsylvania, excluding the Delaware and Lehigh Valleys.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) considered four options: an overlay plan 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.

[1] On July 15, 2010, the PUC decided that the new area code, 272, would be implemented as an overlay.

Area code 570 Area code 716 Area code 585 Area code 607 Area code 845 Area codes 973 and 862 Area code 908 Area codes 410 and 443 Area code 302 Area codes 240 and 301 Area codes 304 and 681 Area codes 330 and 234 Area code 440 Area code 724 Area code 878 Area code 724 Area code 814 Area codes 272 and 570 Area codes 610, 484, and 835 Area code 856 Area codes 215, 267, and 445 Area codes 609 and 640 Area codes 223 and 717 Area code 412
Pennsylvania (blue) with numbering plan area 570 shown in red.