# Area code 563

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{{Short description|Telephone area code for northeastern Iowa, United States}}
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{{Use American English|date=February 2026}}
{{Iowa area codes image map|563}}
'''Area code 563''' is a [telephone](/source/telephone) [area code](/source/area_code) for the east central and northeast corner of the state of [Iowa](/source/Iowa), and includes most of the Iowa side of the [Quad Cities](/source/Quad_Cities). Area code 563 was split from [area code 319](/source/area_code_319) in 2001, becoming active on March 25, 2001, and finally becoming mandatory on December 2, 2001.

Prior to the implementation of the code, there was debate over whether the 563 code should have been implemented as a split, or [overlaid](/source/overlay_plan) over the existing 319 code.  Mobile phone providers were in favor of the overlay, as a split would have required ''en masse'' reprogramming of cell phones.  However, at the time, overlays were still a new concept that met with considerable public resistance (due to requirements for [10-digit dialing](/source/10-digit_dialing) and mixing of area codes in the same area). It was ultimately decided to use a geographical split instead.

==Service area==
: [Bellevue](/source/Bellevue%2C_Iowa), [Bettendorf](/source/Bettendorf%2C_Iowa), [Cascade](/source/Cascade%2C_Iowa), [Clinton](/source/Clinton%2C_Iowa), [Cresco](/source/Cresco%2C_Iowa), '''[Davenport](/source/Davenport%2C_Iowa)''', [Decorah](/source/Decorah%2C_Iowa), [DeWitt](/source/DeWitt%2C_Iowa), [Dubuque](/source/Dubuque%2C_Iowa), [Dyersville](/source/Dyersville%2C_Iowa), [Eldridge](/source/Eldridge%2C_Iowa), [Elgin](/source/Elgin%2C_Iowa),  [Elkader](/source/Elkader%2C_Iowa), [Epworth](/source/Epworth%2C_Iowa), [Gunder](/source/Gunder%2C_Iowa), [Le Claire](/source/Le_Claire%2C_Iowa), [Manchester](/source/Manchester%2C_Iowa), [Maquoketa](/source/Maquoketa%2C_Iowa), [Muscatine](/source/Muscatine%2C_Iowa), [Postville](/source/Postville%2C_Iowa), [Walcott](/source/Walcott%2C_Iowa), [Waukon](/source/Waukon%2C_Iowa), [West Union](/source/West_Union%2C_Iowa), [Wilton](/source/Wilton%2C_Iowa), [Worthington](/source/Worthington%2C_Iowa), [Wadena](/source/Wadena%2C_Iowa)

==See also==
* [List of Iowa area codes](/source/List_of_Iowa_area_codes)

==External links==
{{Area_code_footer|Map=IA}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090422065453/http://www.areacodedownload.com/563/index.html List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 563 Area Code]

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{{Area code box|State=IA|
  This=563|
  N=[507/924](/source/Area_codes_507_and_924)|
  S=[309/861](/source/area_codes_309_and_861), [319](/source/area_code_319)|
  E=[309/861](/source/area_codes_309_and_861), [608/353](/source/area_codes_608_and_353), [815/779](/source/area_codes_815_and_779)|
  W=[319](/source/area_code_319), [641](/source/area_code_641)|
  S1=IL | S2=MN | S3=WI }}

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