Phone numbers in Fort Payne, Alabama
Fort Payne has 15 phone prefixes in area code 256.
Biggest holders: Level 3 (Lumen), AT&T (local phone), AT&T Mobility. This is the local calling area (rate center) where those prefixes were first assigned.
- Mobile carrier 33%
- Local phone company 20%
- Internet / business phone carrier 40%
- Phone company 7%
Every prefix in Fort Payne
Search the first six digits of a number in this list. If it's here, the number started in Fort Payne with the carrier shown. If it isn't, check the Alabama page or look the number up.
| Prefix | Carrier | Type | Assigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 256-273 | Level 3 (Lumen) | Internet / business phone carrier | 2002 |
| 256-304 | Windstream (PAETEC) | Internet / business phone carrier | – |
| 256-364 | MetroPCS (T-Mobile) | Mobile carrier | 2002 |
| 256-406 | Onvoy | Internet / business phone carrier | – |
| 256-418 | Level 3 (Lumen) | Internet / business phone carrier | 2002 |
| 256-465 | Teleport Communications America | Internet / business phone carrier | – |
| 256-516 | AT&T Mobility | Mobile carrier | 2003 |
| 256-619 | AT&T Mobility | Mobile carrier | 2003 |
| 256-630 | Verizon Wireless | Mobile carrier | 2003 |
| 256-697 | Level 3 (Lumen) | Internet / business phone carrier | – |
| 256-844 | AT&T (local phone) | Local phone company | – |
| 256-845 | AT&T (local phone) | Local phone company | – |
| 256-979 | Farmers Telecommunications | Phone company | 2010 |
| 256-996 | Verizon Wireless | Mobile carrier | – |
| 256-997 | AT&T (local phone) | Local phone company | – |
Most prefixes are pooled: the 10,000 numbers in each are handed out in blocks of 1,000 to different carriers, and people can also take their numbers to another carrier. So the carrier shown is where the prefix started, not a guarantee about any one number. Source: NANPA central office code records, 2026-10-10.