# Area code 409

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Area code in southeast Texas, United States

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Numbering plan areas and area codes of Texas with numbering plan area 409 highlighted.

**Area code 409** is a telephone [area code](/source/Area_code) in the [North American Numbering Plan](/source/North_American_Numbering_Plan) (NANP) for the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Texas](/source/Texas). The numbering plan area comprises the [Beaumont](/source/Beaumont%2C_Texas) and [Galveston](/source/Galveston%2C_Texas) areas. It was created on March 19, 1983, in an [area code split](/source/Split_plan) of [area code 713](/source/Area_code_713), the first since [619](/source/Area_code_619) split from [714](/source/Area_code_714) four months earlier. Initially, it consisted of a horseshoe-shaped area that almost completely surrounded [Houston](/source/Houston), but in 2000 it was divided into three sections. Area code 409 was retained by the eastern segment, while the central portion, centered on [Nacogdoches](/source/Nacogdoches%2C_Texas), received [area code 936](/source/Area_code_936) and the western portion centered on [Bryan](/source/Bryan%2C_Texas)–[College Station](/source/College_Station%2C_Texas), was assigned [area code 979](/source/Area_code_979).

## Service area

The counties served by area code 409 are [Chambers](/source/Chambers_County%2C_Texas), [Galveston](/source/Galveston_County%2C_Texas), [Hardin](/source/Hardin_County%2C_Texas), [Jasper](/source/Jasper_County%2C_Texas), [Jefferson](/source/Jefferson_County%2C_Texas), [Newton](/source/Newton_County%2C_Texas), [Orange](/source/Orange_County%2C_Texas), [Polk](/source/Polk_County%2C_Texas), [Sabine](/source/Sabine_County%2C_Texas), [Trinity](/source/Trinity_County%2C_Texas), and [Tyler](/source/Tyler_County%2C_Texas).

This includes the following cities and towns: [Anahuac](/source/Anahuac%2C_Texas), [Beaumont](/source/Beaumont%2C_Texas), [Bevil Oaks](/source/Bevil_Oaks%2C_Texas), [Bon Wier](/source/Bon_Wier%2C_Texas), [Bridge City](/source/Bridge_City%2C_Texas), [Bronson](/source/Bronson%2C_Texas), [Brookeland](/source/Brookeland%2C_Texas), [Buna](/source/Buna%2C_Texas), [Burkeville](/source/Burkeville%2C_Texas), [Call](/source/Call%2C_Texas), [China](/source/China%2C_Texas), [Colmesneil](/source/Colmesneil%2C_Texas), [Deweyville](/source/Deweyville%2C_Texas), [Doucette](/source/Doucette%2C_Texas), [Evadale](/source/Evadale%2C_Texas), [Fannett](/source/Fannett%2C_Texas), [Fred](/source/Fred%2C_Texas), [Galveston](/source/Galveston%2C_Texas), [Gilchrist](/source/Gilchrist%2C_Texas), [Groves](/source/Groves%2C_Texas), [Hamshire](/source/Hamshire%2C_Texas), [Hankamer](/source/Hankamer%2C_Texas), [Hemphill](/source/Hemphill%2C_Texas), [High Island](/source/High_Island%2C_Texas), [Hillister](/source/Hillister%2C_Texas), [Hitchcock](/source/Hitchcock%2C_Texas), [Honey Island](/source/Honey_Island%2C_Texas), [Jamaica Beach](/source/Jamaica_Beach%2C_Texas), [Jasper](/source/Jasper%2C_Texas), [Kirbyville](/source/Kirbyville%2C_Texas), [Kountze](/source/Kountze%2C_Texas), [La Marque](/source/La_Marque%2C_Texas), [LaBelle](/source/LaBelle%2C_Texas), [Lumberton](/source/Lumberton%2C_Texas), [Mauriceville](/source/Mauriceville%2C_Texas), [Milam](/source/Milam%2C_Texas), [Nederland](/source/Nederland%2C_Texas), [Newton](/source/Newton%2C_Texas), [Nome](/source/Nome%2C_Texas), [Orange](/source/Orange%2C_Texas), [Orangefield](/source/Orangefield%2C_Texas), [Pine Forest](/source/Pine_Forest%2C_Texas), [Pinehurst](/source/Pinehurst%2C_Orange_County%2C_Texas), [Pineland](/source/Pineland%2C_Texas), [Pinewood Estates](/source/Pinewood_Estates%2C_Texas), [Port Arthur](/source/Port_Arthur%2C_Texas), [Port Bolivar](/source/Port_Bolivar%2C_Texas), [Port Neches](/source/Port_Neches%2C_Texas), [Rose City](/source/Rose_City%2C_Texas), [Rose Hill Acres](/source/Rose_Hill_Acres%2C_Texas), [Sabine Pass](/source/Sabine_Pass%2C_Texas), [Santa Fe](/source/Santa_Fe%2C_Texas), [Silsbee](/source/Silsbee%2C_Texas), [Sour Lake](/source/Sour_Lake%2C_Texas), [Spurger](/source/Spurger%2C_Texas), [Stowell](/source/Stowell%2C_Texas), [Taylor Landing](/source/Taylor_Landing%2C_Texas), [Texas City](/source/Texas_City%2C_Texas), [Tiki Island](/source/Tiki_Island%2C_Texas), [Vidor](/source/Vidor%2C_Texas), [Village Mills](/source/Village_Mills%2C_Texas), [Wallisville](/source/Wallisville%2C_Texas), [Warren](/source/Warren%2C_Tyler_County%2C_Texas), [West Orange](/source/West_Orange%2C_Texas), [Wiergate](/source/Wiergate%2C_Texas), [Wildwood](/source/Wildwood%2C_Texas), [Winnie](/source/Winnie%2C_Texas), and [Woodville](/source/Woodville%2C_Texas).

## Ten-digit dialing

Prior to October 2021, area code 409 had telephone numbers assigned for the [central office code](/source/Central_office_code) 988. In 2020, *988* was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the [National Suicide Prevention Lifeline](/source/National_Suicide_Prevention_Lifeline), which created a conflict for exchanges that permit [seven-digit dialing](/source/Seven-digit_dialing). This area code was therefore scheduled to transition to [ten-digit dialing](/source/Ten-digit_dialing) by October 24, 2021.[1]

## See also

- [List of Texas area codes](/source/List_of_Texas_area_codes)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-pl556_1-0)** ["Transition to 10-digit dialing (for 988 as 3-digit access to National Suicide Prevention Hotline)"](https://nationalnanpa.com/pdf/PL_556.pdf) (PDF). North American Numbering Plan Administrator. January 8, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.

## External links

- ["Area Code Maps"](https://www.nanpa.com/resources/area-code-maps). [North American Numbering Plan Administrator](/source/North_American_Numbering_Plan_Administrator).

- [List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 409 Area Code](https://web.archive.org/web/20090331120442/http://www.areacodedownload.com/409/index.html)

Texas area codes: 210/726, 214/469/972/945, 254, 325, 361, 409, 432, 512/737, 713/281/832/346, 806, 817/682, 830, 903/430, 915, 936, 940, 956, 979 North: 936 West: 281/346/621/713/832, 936, 979 Area code 409 East: 318, 337 South: Gulf of Mexico Louisiana area codes: 225, 318/457, 337, 504, 985

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