NPA - 281 Texas (TX)

The 281 Area Code is located in the state of Texas. Area Code 281 is one of the 312 three-digit telephone area codes in the USA. It covers roughly 643,637 unique phone numbers and 4,493,741 individuals near the cities of Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land.

NPA - 281 History: Area code 281 was put into service. Area code 281 was created from a split of area code 713. In 1999 area codes 713 and 281, were recombined and overlaid with area code 832.

Area code 346 was put into service on July 1, 2014 as an all services overlay of the existing area code overlay, consisting of area codes 832, 713 and 281.

There are a few special area codes with the last two digits 422 match, these are known as easily recognizable codes (ERCs). The 8xx set of numbers are reserved for toll-free services and communication.

Those numbers can be found in the following cities or locations: Texas (TX).

1. AreaCodes Directory
2. 281

281 Stats:

Cities in area code 281:

Alvin, Bacliff, Bammel, Baytown, Beach City, Brookshire, Channelview, Cleveland, Conroe, Crosby, Cypress, Deer Park, Dickinson, Fresno, Friendswood, Fulshear, Highlands, Houston, Huffman, Humble, Katy, Kemah, La Porte, League City, Manvel, Nassau Bay, North Houston, Pinehurst, Porter, Richmond, Rosenberg, Rosharon, Satsuma, Seabrook, Splendora, Spring, Stafford, Sugar Land, Tomball.

Related phone operators in Area Code 281:

AT&T Local, Aerial Communications, Allegiance Telecom, American Messaging (am), Big River Telephone Company - MO, Broadwing Communications, Caprock Telecommunications Corp., Cbeyond Communications Of Texas, Lp-tx, Cellco Partnership DBA Verizon Wireless, Central Tel. Co. Of Texas DBA Centurylink, Comcast Phone Of Texas, Consolidated Communications Of Fort Bend Comp, Ets Telephone Company, Fitch, F. Cary, Global Crossing Local Services-tx, Grande Communications Networks, Gte-sw DBA Verizon Sw Inc.-tx, Gte-sw DBA Verizon Sw Inc.-tx (contel), Icg Choice Com, L.p., Ionex Communications South, Leap Wireless Intl DBA Cricket Comm, Level 3 Communications, Logix Communications Corporation, Mci Worldcom Communications, Mcimetro Access Transmission Services LLC, Metro PCS, Metrotel, Neutral Tandem-texas, New Cingular Wireless PCS - IL, Sbc Internet Services, Southwest Paging Corporation, Southwestern Bell, Sprint Spectrum L.p., Teleport Communications America, Teletouch Communications, Tex-link Communications, Tw Telecom Of Texas LLC, Unicom Paging Network Of Texas, Usa Mobility Wireless, Windstream Sugar Land.